Oscar and Nez returned. Oscar looked very pale, and Nez was too tired to speak.
"You two, look at the sky!"
"I know! You try to get her to hit that thing!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Oscar transformed into the ground, creating a hole while turning the surroundings into metal and setting up multiple defense arrays.
Although she wanted to yell, "That's too much!", she held back and flew to Oscar and Natsu while performing gravity manipulation.
In an instant, there was a loud bang, as if the air was breaking, and "Black Sky Qiong" was broken.
“This is astonishing…”
The scorching attack approached from the sky, and even the Apostle of God was dumbfounded at the sight of the red comet that looked like a block of lava.
Although I flapped my wings to dodge...
"I'll finish you off with this move!"
Unconsciously, the chains had unfurled around Black Sky Qiong, wrapping around Esther like a snake. Esther ignored them and tried to break free, but the chains' sunlight ripples spread out, frozen in place by the force of space.
This is a new ability that was temporarily given to the chains with the help of Natsu's power - spatial fixation.
——Ten seconds left until the impact.
Silver magic power burst out, and Esther used all her strength to try to untie the restraints, and the chains made a sound as if they were about to disintegrate.
——Five seconds left until it hits.
"Don't try to break free!"
Natsu used all his strength and unleashed a powerful "Sky Shock" attack from all directions, pinning Esther to the spot with the fierce impact.
Oscar poured all his magic power into the black umbrella and unleashed the ten styles of "Holy Absolute"; Meredith summoned her almost exhausted magic power and repeatedly set up barriers.
——Two seconds left before hitting.
Mireidi said:
"Don't underestimate humans!"
Niz said:
"We won."
Oscar said:
"Fall to the earth, God's puppet."
Esther couldn't possibly hear their voices, but her eyes, which had been blankly staring at the meteorite, now glanced towards them...
——Hit.
The world suddenly fell silent.
While Meredi and the others were lost in thought, they felt a shock to their bodies and then lost consciousness.
The pain all over the body caused consciousness to return rapidly.
Enduring the discomfort of tinnitus, Natsu sat up.
"Hmm, what's going on..."
He whispered, looking around, and soon found Oscar and Miledy, who were lying on the ground, half buried in the sand, motionless.
"! Oscar! Meredith!"
Perhaps due to his depleted magic power, his body was unable to exert any strength, and he almost crawled to the two of them. Although Oscar's black umbrella was twisted and deformed, he still held it tightly.
Natsu lifted the two men up and laid them on their backs. He could see their chests rise and fall slightly. Though weakened, they were still alive.
“Wow, where is this…”
“Yeah!”
Natsu patted their cheeks, and they both woke up quickly. Although Meredith's moans didn't sound like a girl's.
"Are you all right?"
"Xiao Nai, what are you talking about? No matter how we look at it, we are in trouble, right?"
"Ha, indeed, especially Oscar..."
"I'm really quite resilient. It hurts, it hurts..."
Oscar pressed his side abdomen and stood up with the help of Niz.
"How long have we been unconscious?"
"I don't know, but the blood hasn't coagulated yet, so it's probably only a few minutes at most."
The three of them supported each other and stood up. Far away, a large crater appeared, and white smoke billowed from it.
They nodded to each other and walked towards the edge of the pit. Once there, they tried to look inside. Deep inside, they saw a huge lava rock still emitting high heat.
After watching quietly for a while, Miredy slowly raised her hands, and Oscar and Niz also silently clapped their hands towards hers. Two crisp high-fives were heard.
"What was that attack?"
Meredy asked directly.
"While Meredi was suppressing that guy, we went to the volcano. I used Alchemy to extract the lava, added a large amount of magma to the rock, and then Natsu moved it into the sky."
"We've moved a few kilometers above a hundred kilometers. After that, we'll have to move another hundred kilometers. I'm about to faint."
That seemed to be the case. Oscar's desperate last resort was to use a huge molten rock to simulate a falling meteorite. He seemed to be remembering Meredith's attack in the Great Tunnel.
"A-Ah, that's pretty aggressive, but what's with the apostles becoming weak?"
"That's the effect of the 'Liquified Static Stone' attached to the umbrella tip."
"Ah~ That's what we talked about back then!"
Meredy nodded.
Oscar liquefied and concentrated the calming magic stone and placed it on the tip of the umbrella. He originally planned to shoot the monsters whenever he had the chance and observe the changes when the monsters used their special magic.
"Whether it was the liquefied static stone or the lava fall attack, both were desperate gambles... but thankfully, they succeeded."
Despite preparing multiple defenses against such a powerful attack, surviving was nothing short of a stroke of luck. Oscar breathed a sigh of relief, and Meredith and Natsu smiled and were about to speak.
But there was a sound like an earthquake.
"Are you kidding me?"
No one answered Oscar.
Looking down, the burning lava was gradually lifted up.
Everyone was silent, staring with trembling eyes as Esther, her whole body radiating silver light, emerged from under the scorching lava.
She had lost a hand, her armor was almost completely torn, her clothes were reduced to rags, and she was covered in scars. However, her icy gaze and erupting magic power did not diminish in the slightest.
With a bang, the lava she was holding with one hand flipped over.
Covered by the hellish fire, Esther changed his hand into the shape of a hand knife and then waved it casually.
You can feel that she is full of fighting spirit.
Miredi and the others glanced at each other for a moment, gave a wry smile, and then prepared to fight.
They have neither magic nor weapons, so their chances of winning are zero.
But there's no reason to give up.
So, just as the bell for the second round was about to ring—
"—! Noin, but I was just about to deal with the heretics... No, I understand. I'll return now."
Esther spread her silver wings and flew into the air, turning back to glare at Meredi and the others.
"Be joyful, the master has invited you to the chessboard."
After saying this, she turned into a silver meteor and disappeared in the northeastern sky.
"W-What's going on?"
"At least we're alive."
"I thought I was going to die."
The three of them took a deep breath, fell backwards in a big letter shape, and looked up at the night sky silently.
After a while, Meredith murmured:
"We have to become stronger."
"yes."
Oscar and Natsu answered.
"Xiao Nai."
"……What's up?"
"Come travel with us."
I have exhausted all my lobbying efforts, so this is the only thing I can say in the end.
Natsu closed his eyes, his mind flashing back to scenes of his hometown. His heart ached for the sins he had committed. Could he truly stop losing control and protect others from now on? The more he cherished these two, the more...
"No matter what happens to you, we will stop you."
Oscar said to him in a gentle but firm tone.
Yes, that's right. That way, I don't have to worry. If it were just the two of them, they would definitely be able to stop me.
Natsu naturally thought so.
Oscar jokingly said:
"Besides, I can't handle this wild girl alone. I hope you can help me share the burden."
"Hey~! Oh! What do you mean by that!?"
The scene became noisy, but Natsu didn't mind.
Watching the two of them playing around as usual, Natsu closed his eyes, but a smile did appear on his face.
"One day, I want to bear the name of Grun once again."
“…”
"I've always felt that if I travel with you guys, one day I'll be able to hold my head high and say my name, so—"
——Please give me more advice.
After saying this, Natsu raised his fist high.
Three fists lined up against the desert night sky.
Prequel Zero Finale
Ten days had passed since the battle that had left unmistakable traces on the desert landscape.
The injuries of Milady and the others were finally healed, their fatigue was gone, and the time to set off had arrived.
They will leave [Red Dragon Mountain] and head towards the western sea.
Coming to see them off were sisters Sixia and Yunfa, as well as members of the "Liberator" organization who took them to the secret base.
Oscar expressed his gratitude to the members of the "Liberators" for helping to transport the ore that would be used to craft the artifact. Nizu, standing nearby, looked somewhat embarrassed.
"Natsu-sama, even if we are separated, our love for each other will not waver."
"Is that so?"
"We will work hard to improve at the Liberator, hoping to travel with Master Nizu one day!"
"Uh-huh."
"We will definitely become women worthy of Natsu-sama!"
“I, I’m telling you…”
"You can't marry anyone other than Sijie and Yunfa!"
"No, getting married or something... The problem is our age—"
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