Fairy Tail: I don't want to be the president

Chapter 398 Thought Body?! Saint Ten?!

When the two demon swords broke through the defensive magic and fell on his chest, Jellal thought he was going to die from this move.

There was a sharp pain in his chest, and two knife marks crossed in an X shape. His shirt burst open, and blood gushed out from the wound. Jellal almost lost consciousness.

He is definitely no match for Erza right now, but he can't just die like this, so...

Clang! Clang! Two blades crossed and pierced Jellal's neck.

Erza seemed to be relieved and sat down next to Jellal. "What exactly is your purpose? I have investigated the R system. The structure and principles may make sense, but the most important conditions cannot be met at all."

It would be easy if they were willing to communicate. As expected, Erza is still the same Erza. She just can't bring herself to attack her former partner.

Gerard was secretly delighted, and an evil smile appeared on his face: "I should have said it before, the most important living sacrifice will be you..."

"It's not about the sacrifice!" Erza glared at him. At this critical moment, he actually wanted to hide it from her. "It's about magic power! Activating the R system requires at least 27 billion Idia's magic power! Even if we summon all the wizards in the continent, we may not be able to gather enough!"

Jellal remained silent. If he said more, the whole thing would be exposed, which would add to the uncertainty. So he changed the subject: "Aren't you going to run away? In a few minutes, the magic spirit power will fall."

"Jellal! Your ideal is over! Do you want to die here?!" Erza wanted to save this person who had suddenly gone astray for some reason until the very end.

Jellal actually showed the same gentle smile that Erza remembered: "I can't decide my own actions - my body is possessed by Zeref's ghost, I am just a puppet used to revive Zeref."

"Possessed?"

Perhaps it was because the smile that had brought her light and hope in her childhood was too contagious, Erza's thoughts were easily diverted by Jellal's words.

"I can't save myself, and no one can save me..."

"I……"

Bang! Rhodes rushed in from outside the tower, followed closely by Mira.

Looking at Gerald lying on the ground, Rhodes said, "Is it resolved?"

Erza wanted to argue: "No, he..."

"If you can't do it, I'll do it. Otherwise, just control him first. Anyway, let's leave here first. The magic spirit power may fall at any time. We don't know if this broken tower is reliable. Our companions are still waiting for our news below!"

Rhodes spoke a lot in a hurry, and as he spoke he was about to step forward and take action.

Erza wanted to stop him, saying that if he was possessed by some undead spirit, there was still a chance of saving him, but she knew the situation was urgent and couldn't elaborate: "Wait, Rod, things are a bit complicated. Mira, you can hypnotize him."

Jellal's expression changed. The fairy strategist was not easy to deceive.

……

“Ultear.”

In the Council, Zikrein, who was waiting for the final stage of the magic spirit power, suddenly whispered to Ultear and rushed out of the room in a golden stream of light.

"What is that guy doing?" Oger shouted angrily, "It was clearly his suggestion to launch the magic spirit power, but he wants to evade responsibility at the last minute?"

Although the Council of Judges controls the magical spirit power, it cannot use it at will. Every time it is used, there must be a reasonable reason.

Especially this time, they had to bear tremendous pressure, even if it was to prevent Jellal from resurrecting, as they risked killing all the innocent people in the Tower of Paradise.

Afterwards, someone might have to resign or even be brought to trial.

This young boy rashly proposed to activate the power of magic elves, and spared no effort to persuade them to agree.

When the time comes, you run away. Do you think you can avoid responsibility this way?
“Please be patient, Lord Oger.” Ultear said soothingly, “The decision has been made, and the magic spirit power is ready to be used. No matter what, we will not choose to escape at this time.”

Ultear’s tone was very gentle and she spoke very slowly, as if she was deliberately speaking that way to calm the other councilors.

But in reality, she just wanted to delay a little time. She had to think of a better reason, at least to hide it for the last few minutes.

"Lord Zikrein has suddenly received important information that must be confirmed immediately."

"What kind of information is it that you have to confirm it in person at this critical moment?"

Ultear smiled and said, “Regarding what you care about most, and what you have decided to take upon yourself, are the lives of innocent civilians.”

"What did you say?" "Speak more clearly!"

Several impatient reviewers could not wait to start asking questions, although they were mentally prepared to take responsibility for the stability of the wizarding world.

But if possible, who would be willing to bear so many lives in vain and add a stain to their own life?

Ultear was sure that she had guessed the councilors’ thoughts correctly, and she spoke calmly:

"According to a wiretap from the Kingdom of Ka-Elum, the workers who were forced to build the Tower of Paradise have returned home safely. In other words..."

The judges were a little excited: "So, Gerard released the people when the tower was completed?"

"There are no more civilians in that tower?"

"Is the news true?"

Ultear smiled and said, “It is because this matter is so important that Master Zikrein must confirm it immediately.”

"That would be great if that were true!"

If there really were no civilians in the tower, then the guilt in their hearts would be greatly alleviated.

If someone asks me about it later, I should hold my head high and say that launching the magic spirit power was a decisive and correct decision.

Only Yajima remained unmoved and stared straight at Ultear.

Is it really that simple?

……

No one in the Council knew that as soon as Zikrein was out of the Council members' sight, he disappeared.

The next moment, he appeared in the Tower of Paradise.

"Wait a minute!" Ziklein shouted to stop Mira, "Hypnosis magic will make Zeref's undead..."

"Summon·Crimson Mark Tree Monster, Crown of Embers, Receive·Mountain Dragon Soul!"

Rod cast magic the moment Zekrein appeared. He flapped his wings violently and flew close to the ground, knocking Erza away roughly and punching Jellal on the temple.

"No!" Erza said hurriedly, but her whole body had already flown out, and her back hit the wall covered with spells.

She didn't care about the pain in her body and climbed up, "Jellal!"

However, Gerard was caught off guard and was hit by the punch, his eyes rolled back and he flew sideways.

It was not enough that his body smashed the magic crystal placed in the center of the room. He continued to fly, smashing the altar at the edge of the room, crashing into the wall behind the altar, and flew all the way to the outermost railing before being barely stopped by the railing.

His neck was cut by the sword that was originally stuck in the ground, and blood was flowing out. I don’t know if his trachea or artery was cut, and I don’t know if he still survived.

"You..." Zikrein's figure suddenly became illusory, and like the other half of a magnet, he was attracted to Jellal's body.

He just wanted to delay a little longer. Why was this person so decisive? Didn't he care about Erza's feelings at all?

Erza looked at the disappearing Zekrein in shock: "Thought body?!"

"Councilor Zeikrein is actually Jellal's thought entity?" Rhodes and Mira were as shocked as she was.

If Lucy were here, she would definitely complain about Rhode for attacking someone without knowing anything.

But Rhodes originally thought that the two were really twin brothers, just in cahoots with each other.

He took action immediately only because he didn't want the traitor in the Council to interfere and cause the original fight to turn into two bosses.

It turns out that Ziklein is just a thought body?
With just his thoughts, he became one of the Ten Holy Mages and even managed to sneak into the Council for many years without being discovered...

Not only that, his remaining body can even beat Erza to a pulp.

If it is a complete form, how strong is this person? !

(End of this chapter)