Fairy Tail: This Healing Mage's hits hurt so much!

Gerald channeled his astral magic, transforming his body into a golden starlight as he swiftly departed from his original spot.

A pillar of pitch-black flame blasted through the shield, burning a huge crater in the ground.

Riyao smacked his lips, looking regretful.

"You dodged it? That's boring. Don't you want to try and see if you can block it? That would be so cool."

Gerald stood a dozen meters away, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth and straightening his disheveled collar. Although he looked disheveled, he still tried his best to maintain an elegant demeanor.

"All you can do now is talk."

Riyao tilted his head, preparing to continue the pursuit, when he heard familiar footsteps behind him.

Mirajane and Erza arrived.

Mirajane put away the Satanic spirit and returned to her normal appearance, but she still bore the marks of battle.

Erza was fully armed, her sword gleaming coldly, but her expression was complex.

Upon seeing Mirajane, Sunburst immediately retracted his demon form, strode over, cupped Mirajane's face in his hands, examined her from left to right, and then pulled her arm to check her over and over again.

"Are you alright? Is anything bothering you?"

(((o(*°▽°*)o)))

Mirajane rolled her eyes at Riyao and slapped away his hand that was groping her face.

"With your lifeline connected to me, what harm could I possibly suffer? You don't seem worried about yourself at all."

Riyao chuckled, took Mirajane's hand, and intertwined their fingers.

Erza's gaze passed over Sunburst and Mirajane, landing on Jellal.

When she saw Gerald again, she was momentarily stunned, and her hand holding the sword trembled slightly.

"Geralt..."

Her voice was soft, carrying eight years of longing, guilt, and anger, so complex that even she herself couldn't distinguish the nuances.

Just as Gerald was about to speak, Sunshine interrupted him, his tone calm but every word like a nail driven into Gerald's heart.

"Erza, his consciousness was implanted with a fragmented demonic consciousness that altered his mind. Over the years, it has long since merged with his consciousness and cannot be separated."

Erza's body trembled slightly. She turned to look at Sunrise, then at Jellal.

When Gerald saw that Sunshine had exposed his true colors, his expression changed several times before he finally gave up pretending.

He covered his eyes and let out a sinister, maniacal laugh.

"Hehehe, all of this is for Zeref! Reviving Zeref is the sole reason for my existence!"

He lowered his hand, revealing a distorted face, his mouth stretched to his ears, completely devoid of his previous elegance.

"It's too late, the magical spirit power is already ready!"

High in the sky, a huge magic circle had been fully deployed, with a diameter of several kilometers, covering the entire sky.

The magic circle was inscribed with complex runes, gathering an immense and suffocating magical power, and its light dyed the sky with an eerie color.

While the group was locked in a standoff, a far greater conspiracy was unfolding in the council chambers on the other side of the continent.

Ultear stood on the ruins of the Council headquarters, the staff in her hand radiating the magic of time.

She activated the Arc of Time, and ancient magic weathered and collapsed the Council headquarters. The thousand-year-old building turned to dust under the erosion of time, crumbling like a sandcastle.

Urudia looked at the collapsed council chamber with a complex expression.

"Once this is over, I should go see Uru at Fairy Tail. What's the truth?"

Although Uru's true identity has not been made public, Urutia is a woman who walks between the legitimate and criminal worlds and has a very strong intelligence-gathering ability.

While investigating Sunrise, she discovered the existence of Uru, a person who should have died but had now been resurrected.

Urutia secretly hopes that the truth is as she knows it now.

If Sunlight knew that Ultear thought this way, he would definitely sue her for defamation. This is not resurrection!

But she was also afraid that the revelation of the truth would make all her years of hard work seem ridiculous.

The magical spirit power was launched before the council chamber collapsed.

A massive beam of magical light descended from the sky, its diameter reaching tens of meters, illuminating the entire sea surface and even piercing through the distant clouds.

The beam of light fell on the Tower of Paradise, and the immense magical power was frantically absorbed by the magic stones on the tower, causing the entire tower to begin to change.

The second wave of the kingdom's army, seeing this scene from afar, gaped, speechless with shock at the terrifying magical spectacle.

Makarov in the guild also received the message from Yajima, his aged face full of anxiety.

He stood on the ruins, pacing back and forth, his hands clenched so tightly they turned white.

Thinking it best to visit Riyao's manor, I jogged all the way there and saw that the sycamore trees were still lush and leafy, without any abnormalities, which put my mind at ease.

There is an inexplicable connection between the sycamore tree and the sun; if the tree is alright, it means the sun is alright.

The entire tower became extremely magnificent under the infusion of magical spirit power. The originally pitch-black tower body was covered with magic crystals, refracting seven-colored light, like a crystal palace standing on the sea.

The magic crystal contains immense magical power, and its flowing light spreads throughout the tower like blood vessels.

Riyao reached out and touched the magic crystal on the tower wall, feeling the surging magic power inside, and clicked his tongue in amazement.

"Is this the R system? It can absorb such a huge amount of magic power, but it doesn't seem very stable."

He tapped the magic crystal, and a buzzing echo came from inside, like a beating heart.

Gerald spread his arms wide, looked up at the now magnificent Tower of Paradise, and laughed wildly, his laughter maniacal and triumphant.

"Hahaha! What a beautiful creation! This is the true form of the R system!"

While Jellal was still reveling in his moment, Sunburst, Erza, and Mirajane exchanged a glance.

Without a word, the three of them moved simultaneously.

[Enhanced Magic - Magic Amplification]

Sunburst Claws were imbued with dark flames, black flames dancing at their fingertips as they clawed towards Geralt's face.

Mirajane received the Soul of Satan, his entire body covered in purple demonic armor, and his claws drew sharp arcs as he slashed towards Geralt's waist.

Erza gripped her sword with both hands, donned the Black Feather Armor, and swung the black blade with armor-piercing power straight at Jellal's head.

The three coordinated their attacks, launching a simultaneous assault from three directions and unleashing a barrage of attacks on Gerald.

Sunlight launched a frontal assault, Mirajane flanked from the flank, and Erza seized the opportunity to finish them off; their coordinated attack was as if they had rehearsed it countless times.

Jellal is, after all, one of the Ten Wizard Saints recognized by the Council, and his true strength is quite terrifying, far from being as weak as portrayed in the anime.

Despite being surrounded by the three, he remained unfazed. Astral magic formed a rotating shield around him, and seven starlight beams transformed into attack methods, precisely blocking each of their attacks.

At least not one that Natsu can handle right now.

Natsu can exchange a few blows when he enters Dragon Power mode, but magic power is ultimately his weakness, and he can't fight a prolonged battle at all.