There was still one minute and thirty seconds left before the Tower of Heaven exploded.
"Simon! Don't be rash! You don't need to be a living sacrifice!" Erza scolded Simon sternly. In fact, how could she not know Simon's feelings? It was also because of this that she could not let Simon die.
"Erza, there is no time. This is the only way." Simon turned around and stopped looking at Erza. He was afraid that if he looked at her again, he would not have the courage to leave Erza.
"I just said that I wanted Jellal to be a living sacrifice..."
"Calvin! No matter how wrong Jellal is, he can't be a reason for us to kill him!" Erza looked at Calvin with grief, sorrow, and pleading eyes. Jellal was defeated by Calvin. Logically speaking, he had the right to punish her. Moreover, he was protecting Jellal now. It was obvious that he would hurt the heart of the people who were fighting for her.
The scene continued to be silent. Calvin's expression became impatient, which made Erza feel guilty for a long time.
"That's the only way." Erza gritted his teeth, squatted down, and gently held Jellal's head. He looked at him deeply again. Then, without saying a word, he walked to the wall and reached out his hand to touch it.
The crystal was like a vertical water surface. Erza's hand sank in without any obstruction. Natsu and Simon hurriedly moved forward to stop it. Only Calvin did not move. He just looked at Jellal's face and thought of something.
"Don't come over!" Erza shouted. At the same time, she looked at Calvin, who did not react. She felt more and more that she was weak and unreasonable. However, she insisted on her choice. Besides, because she had feelings for Jellal, the words that could not be killed were also her true thoughts.
"I was the one who opposed making Jellal a living sacrifice. No matter what the reason is, I have the responsibility to save everyone. Let me end everything!" Erza's tone was firm. As she spoke, half of her body was already inside the crystal.
Suddenly, a sigh sounded. The next second, Erza was pulled out of the crystal by Calvin and thrown to Natsu and Simon.
"I used to think that you were a stubborn person. I didn't expect you to be so serious now." Although Calvin was mocking Erza, the helplessness in his voice was obvious.
"Calvin..." Erza was a little confused, but he suddenly felt uneasy.
"Hey, hey, hey! Calvin, whether it is you or Erza, if you want to sacrifice yourself for free, I will not agree!" Natsu said in a low voice. Just now, Erza's willfulness had already made him very annoyed. If Calvin came again, maybe he would explode.
"It's really strange to say it out of your mouth... Don't worry, I'm not that great." Calvin smiled softly, pressing his hand on the crystal wall, but he didn't sink into it.
"We don't have much time. The torture of morality is coming to an end. Everyone, whether you live or die, bet with me!" Calvin pretended to be relaxed and smiled, but from the cold sweat dripping from his head, it was clear that he was not relaxed at all.
"What are you going to do?" Erza asked. Her tone was a little cold, and it was obvious that Calvin had made her a little angry just now.
"I'm making Card of Summoning," Calvin replied.
"What? Using the Tower of Heaven to make Card of Summoning?" Erza and Natsu exclaimed in unison. They knew that Calvin had personally made a Card of Summoning, but they never expected that he could use the Tower of Heaven to make a card.
"The card is only a medium. The strange beast card can be made with ordinary materials because the core of them is the magic array on the card. But those cards that can be used without magic power are made with special materials with magic power." Calvin replied. At the same time, the sweat on his face was increasing. The spiritual power that controlled all of Tower of Heaven's magic power was extraordinary. If he had not cultivated the Soul Splitting Technique, he would have been unconscious long ago.
"However, if there is such a chance, I must make the 'dead person' no matter what!"
So that's how it is... then Swords of Revealing Light and the few Magic Cards just now can be explained.
Erza nodded, connecting the key points.
I have already thought of the design of the card, and I have already hidden it in the seal. What I need to do now is to inject the magic power of the 2.7 billion concepts into the magic array! The tiredness on Calvin's face became more and more obvious. The countdown of the explosion had stopped when he began to make the card, but if Calvin could not hold on, everyone might still die.
"I... Is there anything we can help with?" Natsu couldn't help but ask as he looked at Calvin's tired appearance.
"Don't disturb Calvin. We can't do anything in the first place. The only thing we can do is pray for him and live and die with him." Erza stopped Natsu, who was about to approach and said solemnly.
"No... Please continue to talk to me. Don't let me fall asleep. Also, lock Jellal with the Demon Sealing Ore handcuffs. I don't know when this guy will wake up." Calvin said.
Making a card did not require magic power. Instead, it required physical strength and mental strength. If it was an ordinary Calvin, he was confident that he could complete this difficult task. However, after the battle with Jellal just now, both physical strength and mental strength were rather exhausted.
After a while, Calvin's face had already turned pale and his eyes were dull. He was obviously exhausted to the extreme.
"Please find a place with thicker flesh on my body and stab me with a sword."
"Are you so tired that you have to use pain to stimulate yourself?" Erza was sad, but she did not hesitate to follow Calvin's words. Erza was very experienced in stabbing with a knife. She especially found a sensitive but not important part and stabbed it in.
It was located at the root of the thigh.
"Ah!" Although it was painful to be stabbed, the feeling of surviving a disaster made Calvin even more alert.
"Erza is so ruthless!" Natsu and Simon stared at each other with their eyes wide open. They covered a certain place unnaturally with a look of lingering fear. They saw it clearly from the side. As long as Erza's sword was a few centimeters away, it would hurt the man the most.
"According to my research, this place can make men wake up the most!" However, Erza still had a serious look on his face as he said, "I did too well." He was very proud of what he had done.
Calvin looked at Erza with an expression of grief and indignation. He did not speak for a long time, but he still stuck out his thumb and said reluctantly, "Well done..."
Seeing Erza's eager look, Calvin swore that he would never let Erza have this opportunity again. Next, because of Calvin's explosive power, he finally completed the injection of magic power before his physical strength and mental strength were exhausted.
However, there was one thing that he estimated wrongly.
R-system indeed only needed 2.7 billion of magic power, but Etherion did not have as little as 2.7 billion.
Calvin poured all of R-system's magic power into the magic array. He only needed to turn it into a card to complete it. However, he also found that there was still some magic power left. Although it was not as exaggerated as 2.7 billion, there were still 3.4 billion. If he turned the magic array into a card now, the remaining magic power would immediately explode. Everyone would immediately die.
"Immediately draw the magic array inside... To be honest, can I make it in time?" Calvin could only smile helplessly and continue.
Although he was able to draw a magic array that could cooperate with the entire R-system before, this was only because R-system himself was already very perfect. He only needed to simply process it. However, the current situation was different. The remaining 300 million magic power was just magic power. He had to immediately design a magic array that could be used up. How could this be easy?
"Eh? No! Didn't I always want to make that card?" At this critical moment, Calvin suddenly remembered that he seemed to have a design that could meet the requirements.
"It's you! Exodia, The Forbidden One!"