A sudden punch hit the birdman's jaw from bottom to top, and the strong impact forced the owl's wide-open beak to close.
The flames roared, and the exploding magic power instantly engulfed the owl.
By the time Talos reacted, the enemy who had just jumped up had fallen down with black smoke all over his body and his eyes rolled back, having lost consciousness under the impact of the extreme fire explosion.
The battle ended with one strike.
What terrible humans.
Talos looked at the white-haired boy who suddenly appeared and suddenly felt a little ashamed.
After all, he was Taurus, the strongest among the twelve golden star spirits, but he almost failed in the battle with the Owl. It was really embarrassing.
Noah took off the magic wings and magic rockets from the owl. The wings have the function of flying, and Noah would never let it go for this reason alone.
As for the magic rocket, although its power is not satisfactory, it is still pretty good if used as a firework.
"Thank you, Noah. If you hadn't acted in time, Talos would have been eaten by the owl." Lucy landed with the cheese and looked at Noah with gratitude.
Noah waved his hand, "The birdman's magician is not that powerful. He can easily dodge it as long as he reacts quickly."
"Lucy, you should practice more."
It is said that each of the twelve zodiac spirits has the strength comparable to that of an S-class wizard.
However, since they are summoned from the Celestial Spirit World to the human world, the strength of the Celestial Spirits is limited by the magic power of the Celestial Spirit Wizards with whom they have contracted.
This resulted in the Golden Protoss, although powerful, almost never appearing in its prime.
The same is true for Lucy. The Taurus Talos summoned by her is unable to exert his original strength. Otherwise, when Owl was hit by Talos' axe, even if half of his body was not broken, his combat effectiveness would have been greatly reduced.
Lucy smiled awkwardly. After joining Fairy Tail, she focused all her energy on commissioned missions and adventures. The excitement-seeking girl completely forgot that wizards also needed to improve their strength.
In Noah's opinion, Lucy is very talented.
The descendants of the Heartfilia family are natural star wizards. Lucy's mother Layla once held three golden star keys and was a powerful star wizard who could open three golden star gates at the same time.
According to Jiude, Lucy was able to summon a golden celestial spirit on her own when she was a child, but she didn't improve much as she grew up.
Of course, this is also due to the bad relationship between father and daughter.
But Lucy is only 16 years old now, which is a good time for her to grow up. As long as she is willing to work hard, there is still a lot of room for growth.
After a brief chat, Noah asked Talos to carry Owl and took Lucy and the cats to reunite with Natsu and Gray.
Udarudas had already been knocked down by Gray and locked in an ice prison.
Natsu, with a bruised face, angrily scolded Gray, "You naked bastard! Why are you only staring at my face?!"
"Humph, you are controlled by the enemy. What qualifications do you have to question me? Why don't you say thank you to me?"
Although he had a stern face, Gray felt very happy in his heart. He took the opportunity to beat up his enemy in the name of saving his companions. There was nothing more joyful than this.
Natsu's face twitched in pain. He suspected that Gray was just seeking revenge, but he had no evidence.
It would be fine if there is no evidence, but I still have to thank him.
What is this…
Although he was unhappy, Natsu was not someone who could not afford to play. It wouldn't cost him anything to say thank you to someone who saved his companion, so he just honestly said thank you to Gray.
Gray also tacitly stopped mocking Natsu. He just wanted to defeat Natsu, not to step on his friend.
"Have you seen Erza?"
In response to Natsu's question, Lucy and Happy shook their heads. They were already behind Natsu and Gray, so there was no way they could catch up with Erza.
"Cheese knows!"
The snow cat lying on Noah's shoulder raised its cute little paw and pointed to a place on the upper floor of the Paradise Tower. It had already sensed the malice emanating from there.
But the malice is not pure at all.
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The red-haired girl ran quickly towards the top of the tower.
Seven years have passed since I left this nightmare place. The building that was only a prototype at the beginning has now become a strange tower that is different from my memory.
Suddenly, the girl stopped and four figures blocked her way. They were her companions who had fought against the guards of the paradise seven years ago.
Among the four men, the muscular man in the lead had a turban on his head, a black eye patch on his left eye, and his jaw was wrapped in iron.
Looking at the intruder of the Paradise Tower, the man never thought that he would see her again one day, and his tone was full of mixed emotions.
"Erza…long time no see."
"Long time no see, Simon."
Erza gave a bitter smile. She still remembered that Simon's face was disfigured in the battle with the guards of Paradise, and he had to use iron to cover it up.
Simon really wanted to reminisce with Erza, but the other three obviously didn't think so.
"Simon! Don't waste your time with this traitor!"
The square man dressed as a mafia used the "square" magic to transform his right hand into a square-shaped gun, and pointed it at Erza with an angry face.
Facing the gunpoint of her former companion, Erza simply said calmly: "I have never betrayed you, Wally."
"Then why did you get on the boat and run away? And you destroyed all the remaining boats!"
The dark-skinned boy named Xio, wearing a bartender's uniform, looked at the elder sister who had taken care of him when he was enslaved by the Tower of Paradise with a heartache, and pleaded with his face, "Answer me… Erza… Sister…"
"You still call her sister. Did she care about you when you were running away?" The last person among the four finally spoke. It was Millianna who used the "Cat" magic.
Millianna glared at Xiou unhappily, as if she was disappointed with him, and then looked at Erza, "Since you have escaped from the Tower of Paradise for so many years, why did you come back today?"
"I came back… to liberate this tower of evil and get you out of here."
Erza looked at her former companions and spoke firmly, but this earned her a laugh from Millianna.
"Stop talking nonsense. If you hadn't destroyed the remaining ships, we would have left here long ago!"
Wally and Milliana wanted to take action, but Simon used his body to block them and Erza. "Erza is not that kind of person. It won't be too late to at least listen to her explanation before taking action."
Hearing this, Milliana bit her lower lip. In fact, she also knew that Erza was not the kind of person who would abandon her companions, but seven years ago, she did abandon everyone and escape alone.
But Wally's anger grew stronger. "What explanation do you need? Could what Jellal told us be false? Could those destroyed ships also be false?!"
"What if Gerard deceived us?"
Simon stood firmly between the two sides, "Don't tell me you haven't noticed that since overthrowing the guards seven years ago, Gerard's temperament has changed drastically. It's like he has become a different person."
As soon as these words were spoken, the angry Wally, the irritated Millianna, and the wavering Xio all fell silent.
How could they, once close companions, not notice Jellal's changes…
Simon turned around, "Eruza, I believe you won't betray us, but we also need an explanation."