Lucy, who was standing by, saw the end of Erza's armor and huddled into the middle area where they were surrounded, looking at the Magic Wind Wall in front of her.

"What a terrifying power! If you accidentally touch the Magic Wind Wall, your body will be minced into pieces by it."

"Look, I'm going to break this thing with one punch!"

Just as Lucy retreated, Natsu shouted and punched the Demonic Wind Wall with his flaming hand.

Natsu watched as his powerful punch barely caused any ripples on the Demonic Wind Wall. Unwilling to give up, he tried to attack a few more times, but to no avail.

Unlike Natsu who was very impulsive and punched and kicked the Magic Wind Wall, Gray was quite quiet. After looking at Takagi Akira who was sitting cross-legged on the ground to recover his magic power, he turned his head to look at Erza.

"Erza, what should we do next? Takagi Akira has consumed too much magic power and will not have enough magic power to help us rush out of the magic wind wall for a while."

"Are we going to wait here until Eligore's magic power is used up and the magic wind wall is automatically lifted before we go out?"

Erza did not respond to Gray's question immediately. Her eyes were always on the magic wind wall in front of her. After carefully observing the magic wind wall surrounding herself and others, Erza's eyes fell on the ground under her feet.

"Eligor's magic wind wall has blocked the ground and the top. Now we have only one way to go except to force our way in, and that is to go underground."

Hearing Erza's words, Gray reacted instantly.

"You mean to dig a tunnel underground that connects to the outside of the Demonic Wind Wall and use the tunnel to escape from the Demonic Wind Wall?"

"That's right, I'm planning to dig a passage outside the magic wind wall of the passage."

As Erza spoke, a magic circle appeared on her body. As the magic circle flashed past Erza, the armor on Erza's body emitted a magical light.

After the light disappeared, Erza, dressed as a construction worker and holding a shovel in her hand, appeared in front of everyone.

Just as Erza was digging the ground hard with the shovel in her hand, the Happy beside her suddenly screamed.

"Dig a hole, dig a hole! I remember now! I have been asked by someone to give you something in person."

Lucy looked at Happy in a strange way.

"Someone asked you to bring me something? Who?"

Under Lucy's somewhat curious gaze, Happy rummaged through the backpack he was carrying.

"Found it. It's the key to the Virgo Baruge that I met at the Duke of Abar's mansion before."

Looking at the key that Happy took out, Lucy opened her mouth in surprise.

"Isn't this Duke Aybar's key? Habib, when did you steal the key from Aybar?"

Lucy said as she grabbed Happy's shoulders and shook him.

"Just be thankful that Aybar has been tried. The crime of stealing the key to the zodiac is enough to send a little kitty like you to jail."

Happy was a little uncomfortable with Lucy's shaking, but he suppressed his discomfort and spoke to Lucy.

"I didn't steal this key. The Virgo star spirit Baluge found me and asked me to give it to you."

Lucy felt excited when she learned that it was the star spirit that came over and wanted to follow her.

"This is the most precious key in the world, the key to Virgo, one of the twelve zodiac signs. There are only twelve of them. It is my dream as a Celestial Mage to collect all the keys to the zodiac signs."

At this point, Lucy recalled the appearance of Baluge that she saw at the Duke of Ebar's mansion, and she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. The hand that was originally happily extended froze in mid-air.

"But I really can't compliment Baluge's appearance."

Gray on the side walked up to Lucy, patted her on the shoulder, and pointed at Erza who had dug a big hole.

"Now is not the time to complain. If you have a way, use it immediately. You don't want to know the consequences of Erza knowing that you have a way but don't do it."

Although she had never seen it, Lucy knew from Gray and Natsu's attitude that the consequences of making Erza angry would be serious. She made up her mind and grabbed the key to the Virgo Baruga that Happy handed to her.

"Open, the gate of the Virgin Palace, Baruge!"

Following Lucy's summons, a magic circle emerged, and then a slender girl with pink hair and a maid outfit appeared in the magic circle.

With Lucy's horrified look on her face as if to say, "Who are you?", Baluge bowed slightly to Lucy.

"My Lord, are you calling me?"

Looking at the beautiful girl in front of her who was exactly what she liked, Lucy was a little bit incredulous for a moment.

"who the hell are you?"

"Now is not the time to discuss this."

Gray on the side said this and looked directly at Baluge, looking past Lucy.

"Can you dig a hole? Can you dig a hole through the Magic Wind Wall?"

Upon hearing this, Baluge looked at Gray, then looked at the surrounding environment and nodded.

"easy."

At this time, Lucy also reacted and spoke to Baluge with a little apology.

"Let's not worry about why you are like this. Sorry, Baluge, the situation is urgent now. I don't have time to leisurely sign a contract with you. Can you please dig a hole and take us out first?"

"After we finish dealing with things, I will have time to sign a contract with you. Is that okay?"

"Yes, I understand, Master."

As Baluge spoke, a magic circle appeared under his feet, and then he disappeared in front of several people in an instant. A huge hole appeared where Baluge disappeared.

Just as Lucy approached the cave entrance, she heard the shouts of the Iron Forest Wizard.

"Come here quickly. The flies of the goblins that Mr. Eligore locked up with the magic wind wall have dug a hole and escaped."

"We only trapped them for a short while, and she escaped. Come and kill her!"

"Let's go together! Find someone to cast magic directly at the cave entrance to prevent others from running out."

Hearing this, Lucy took a few steps back, a nervous look on her face.

Gray, who also heard the voice of the Iron Forest Wizard, looked excitedly at Erza who was still digging a hole.

"Erza, stop digging. Lucy has already dug a hole leading to the outside."

Hearing Gray's cry, Erza, who was concentrating on digging the ground, raised her head and looked at the hole at Lucy's feet that was glowing due to various magic.

Without saying a word, Erza jumped out of the hole she dug and landed directly on the cave dug by Baluge.

Before Lucy could remind Erza that the people from the Iron Forest were waiting at the entrance of the cave, Erza had already entered the cave.

A flash of light appeared on her body and Erza changed back to her usual attire, except that she had a huge shield in her hand.

Using her shield to block in front of her, Erza quickly rushed out of the hole despite the magic of the Iron Forest Wizard.

After a while, numerous screams came into the ears of several people through the cave entrance. After a while, the screams stopped. Just when Lucy was curious about the situation outside, Baluge returned to the inside of the Magic Wind Wall.

"Master, all the wizards guarding the cave entrance have lost their combat effectiveness. You can exit safely now."

Several people came to the outside of the Demon Wind Wall. At this time, Erza, wearing the Sky Wheel Armor, was chasing the fleeing wizards of the Iron Forest.

Looking at the 'corpses' scattered all over the cave entrance, Lucy swallowed in fear.

"Erza is amazing, she was able to defeat so many wizards of the Iron Forest so quickly."

As Lucy was sighing, Natsu and Gray moved their arms and legs and joined the battle.

After Erza and her companions carried out a one-sided massacre of the wizards of the Iron Forest, they still could not find the whereabouts of Eligore, the ace of the Iron Forest who possessed Larabai. This made Erza and her companions realize that things were not simple.

Erza, who had reacted, exuded a terrifying aura and threatened the conscious wizards of the Iron Forest.

Finally, the whereabouts of Eligore were learned from a frightened Iron Forest Wizard.

After learning the news, Erza scowled and punched the ground hard, leaving a fist mark on the ground.

"That bastard Eligore actually planned to sneak into Kroba while the guild leaders were holding a regular meeting in Kroba City, blow the Lalabai and assassinate the leaders of all the regular guilds attending the regular meeting in Kroba City."

"In order to avoid being disturbed by others, Eligore also sent some wizards from the Iron Forest to cause trouble in the surrounding towns, attracting the army's attention and thus relaxing their vigilance against Kroba City."

After recovering some of his magic power, Takagi Akira nodded after listening to the information obtained from Erza's interrogation.

"Although we are not in the same camp, I still think that Eligor's arrangement is quite reasonable. He was able to handle the unexpected situation so thoughtfully. He is worthy of being in charge of a guild."

Lucy, who was standing by, couldn't help but complain after hearing what Takagi Akira said.

"Now the situation is urgent and we are all racking our brains over what to do, and you are still here praising the enemy."

"No way. Eligore used wind magic. Even if he was not away for a long time, he is now using flying magic to rush to Kroba City alone. It is a luxury for us to catch up with him by using transportation."

"The train was destroyed by the wizards of the Iron Forest, and the magic wagon was sealed in the Magic Wind Wall. Erza and I consumed a lot of magic power."

As Takagi Akira talked about his current predicament, he turned his gaze towards Happy.

"The only one of us here who could possibly catch up to Eligore is the Harpy who also has the ability to fly very fast."

After hearing what Gao Muming said, everyone turned their eyes to the harpy. The harpy, who was being stared at by everyone, raised his little paws and tilted his head.

"Me? I might be able to catch up with Eligore by myself, but I can't beat him. If I chase him with someone, I probably won't be able to catch up with Eligore without help."

Erza lowered her head and pondered.

"Does that mean we need to choose one person to go after Eligore with the harpy?"

"That bastard Eligore actually dared to set his sights on the guildmaster. I must let him know what terrible things will be waiting for him if he messes with Fairy Tail!"

Natsu said as he grabbed Happy without waiting for Erza to speak.

"Harpy, let's go!"

"like!"

As Natsu's partner, Happy immediately responded and then dragged Natsu with his tail and flew towards Kroba City.

Erza was not very confident about letting Natsu fight Eligore, who had the title of God of Death, and wanted to speak out to stop Natsu.

As a result, Natsu, who was afraid that someone would snatch it from him, sprayed fire from the soles of his feet to speed up Happy.

Seeing Natsu's actions, everyone present understood that having Natsu cooperate with Happy was the fastest way for everyone present to catch up with Eligore.

After watching Natsu leave a red streak in the sky and disappear into the horizon towards Kroba City, Erza looked at the few people who remained there.

"Since we don't know where the wizards of the Iron Forest who ran out to create chaos have gone, we will act separately."

As she spoke, Erza looked around at the knocked down Iron Forest wizards and frowned.

"Not only do we have to deal with the guys who ran out to create chaos, but we also need someone to stay here to guard these defeated Iron Forest wizards."

Noticing Erza's dilemma, Takagi Akira spoke directly.

"Erza, my magic power hasn't recovered much, so I'll stay here to guard these wizards in the Iron Forest until they are handed over to the army that arrives. You guys go search for and kill those guys who ran out to cause trouble."

Erza, whose impression of Takagi Akira was still stuck on the time before he joined the chat group, couldn't help but frown after hearing what he said.

"When your magic power is insufficient, the barrier magic's protective ability is very weak. In addition, your physical fitness is not very good. I am somewhat worried about leaving you alone. It is better to leave someone to accompany you and watch over you."

Erza's words made the hearts of several members of the Iron Forest who were pretending to be unconscious around them come alive.

However, when they recalled Takagi Akira's performance in the battle just now, they couldn't help but secretly curse Erza for setting a trap for themselves.

"He sent several people flying with that one punch. His physical fitness is comparable to that of an S-rank mercenary, but he was criticized for his poor physical fitness."

Not knowing what the Iron Forest mages were thinking in their hearts, Erza's eyes swept back and forth between Lucy and Gray.

Just when Erza was hesitating about who to let stay with Akira Takagi, Lucy immediately raised her hand when she heard that she might have to face a large number of intact Iron Forest wizards alone.

"I will stay here to accompany Gao Muming and watch over these wizards in the Iron Forest."

Hearing Lucy's request to stay, Erza nodded to Lucy.

"I'll leave this to you and Takagi Akira. Gray, you and I will each choose a side."

Gray gestured behind him with his hand.

"I'll go this way."

"Then I'll go in the opposite direction of you."

After making their decision, Erza and Gray rushed out in the directions they had chosen.

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