"Bang!"
Raphael and Mirajane, who were far away on the cruise ship enjoying their own world, both heard the shocking explosion. They looked at each other and saw that the brightly lit building in the distance suddenly went dark, and they immediately realized that something was wrong.
Raphael held Mirajane and jumped lightly to the door of the building. As soon as they entered the door, they were all stunned. The scene that should have been lively was covered with rubble and rotten wood. Many entertainment machines and facilities turned into scrap metal. It was a scene of ecstasy for scavengers.
In the middle of the ruins, Gray and Natsu were discussing something. The only difference was that there was one more Juvia and one less Erza.
"Are you all right? What happened just now? And where's Erza?"Mirajah looked at them and they seemed to be fine, but Natsu looked a little angry.
"A group of people suddenly attacked us just now, and they were defeated one by one. One of them used a magic that blocked people's sight."
Gray said seriously to Mirajane, and pushed Juvia away who was clinging to him.
"Ahhhhh! That bastard actually shot a bullet into someone's mouth. It hurt!"
Natsu wildly sprayed flames into the sky. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he immediately ran away and chased them!
Raphael frowned. He actually forgot about this. He was having too much fun with Mirajane. I don't even remember, but it's okay. If we catch up now, we should be able to save him!
Raphael turned to Gray and the others and said,"You guys, hurry up and catch up with Natsu. I'll take a step forward to see if I can catch up with the one who kidnapped Erza!" Help!
Mirajane took his hand and said,"I'll come too!""
Raphael nodded, picked up Mirajane, and disappeared directly in front of Gray and the others.
Lucy still had time to gossip:"It looks like they are together."
"Humph, it's me, Juvia, who can be with Gray-sama, not you, a shameful cow!" Juvia, unwilling to be outdone, held Gray's arm and asserted her sovereignty to Lucy.
Lucy looked at her with a frown on her face:"I'm not talking about Gray, you love-brained person!"
Gray took a long time to pull his arm out of Juvia's arms:"Okay, stop making trouble, let's go catch up with them!"
...
At night, the sea, which should have been quiet, suddenly began to ripple. A large cargo ship was moving slowly.
Erza slowly woke up and found herself in a cabin full of cargo. She wanted to get up and check, but she was tied up and couldn't move.
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps above Erza's head. Erza quickly looked up and saw a young man with golden hair and black skin.
"stop!"
"Don't struggle, sister. Just stay here. This rope has the power of the sealing magic cast by Millianna."
Xiu looked down at Erza, with a hint of hatred in his eyes.
""Okay... I get it... But... Can you at least let me wear the armor? I'm scared... of going back to that tower!"
Erza was stunned for a moment, lowered her head so that Xiou wouldn't see her expression, and begged Xiou with trembling body.
"This outfit actually suits you very well."A smile appeared on Xio's face. He slowly squatted down and hugged Erza fiercely, with tears streaming down his face."Sister, I'm sorry. Actually, we didn't want to do this, but... Why did you betray us!"
Xio grabbed Erza's shoulders hard, and the expression on his face became ferocious and terrifying:"Why did you betray Jellal!"
"Gerard..."Erza just murmured, and fell silent, lost in memories.
Suddenly, the ship began to shake, and the angry Hugh was startled and immediately let go of Erza and left the cabin.
There was a sound of fighting outside the cabin, which soon stopped. Erza was wondering when footsteps were heard above her head again.
""Erza, are you okay?"
A familiar voice came, and Erza looked up quickly. It was Raphael!
Raphael walked to Erza's side and gently pulled the rope that was said to have sealing magic power and broke it.
Erza stood up, changed into her usual armor in an instant, and looked at Raphael in confusion:"Why are you here? Where are those people upstairs?"
"Mira and I found out you were kidnapped, so we chased you all the way here. Gray and the others followed us. You can find out the rest by going up and taking a look."
Raphael made way for Erza to go up quickly.
"Erza...Ah!" As soon as he came out of the cabin and onto the deck, Happy rushed towards Erza, but was knocked back by Erza's armor.
Erza didn't have time to care about Happy's situation. She only saw a few people lying on the deck, and only Mirajane was looking at Erza with a smile.
"them..."Erza was about to ask about the situation, but Mirajane interrupted her.
"They are fine, they just fainted, and they fainted because of Raphael, except for the man with the steel chin."
Miraje pointed at the man with a pair of iron teeth on his chin.
If the fainted person on the ground was awake, he would definitely jump up and refute Miraje. If you see a fist as big as the sky and earth and eyes with red light appear in your mind, you will also faint.
(Miraje: I saw it when I was a child~)
"Elsa..."
"Simon..."
Simon struggled to get up, Erza quickly helped him up and put him on the side of the cabin. Simon looked at Erza with a smile:"Erza, I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm so happy to see that you have so many friends!"
"Simon... don't you hate me?" Erza looked at him doubtfully. There was no trace of hatred in Simon's eyes, only joy.
"No... Actually, I know the truth of the matter...."Simon slowly said something that surprised Erza.
"Everything is Jellal's problem. He forced you away and deceived Xio and the others, but I believe in you. I firmly believe that you are not that kind of person. I originally wanted to run away to find you, but I heard that Jellal also planned When I was planning to carry out the Tower of Paradise plan and asked you to be a sacrifice, I decided to stay so that I could rescue you when the time came."
Simon regained his composure and pulled Erza to stand up. Looking at Raphael who looked like a salty fish, fear and joy flashed across his face:"But now that you have such a strong partner, I miss you. Jellal's conspiracy can definitely be stopped.
Erza was stunned for a moment, looked at Raphael and Mirajane behind her, then shook her head and said,"No, I don't plan to let them get together. I decided to understand him alone. This is my private matter." , they don't need to get involved!"
Miraje was stunned. She didn't expect Erza to have such thoughts. She immediately wanted to say something anxiously. Raphael interrupted her and stood next to Miraje and faced Erza. waved his hand
"No, I don't care about your feud with Jellal, but your partner, our partner, is a member of Fairy Tail, so I will take care of it!
Erza was stunned. She looked at the determined Raphael and Mirajane, lowered her head, and trembled all over:"Go back...go back."..."
Then she raised her head, with tears in her eyes:"No matter whether I win or lose this battle, I can't return to the outside world. This is a future I can't escape!"
Mirajane stepped forward and hugged Erza, He stroked her head:"It's okay, believe us! There is no future that cannot be escaped. If you can't escape, then smash it. Raphael, Grenaz and I will definitely take this damn thing away." The future will be smashed to pieces!"
"Tell us your story, some things are better to be told, let us know the truth."Raphael felt that the breathing and heartbeat of the three unconscious people began to change. He knew that they should be awake and just pretending to be unconscious, so he suggested that Erza tell the truth.
Otherwise, they would make trouble at that time. Although he was not afraid, it would be annoying.
Raphael looked up at the tower looming in front of him and began to sneer in his heart.
Jellal, are you ready?
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