The magic merchant who mingled with Fairy Tail

Just when Natsu and Lucy were getting ready to fight again, the attack of the mechanical matryoshka stopped abruptly.

"What happened? It stopped?"

"Is it because there is not enough energy?"

Natsu and Lucy looked at each other in astonishment, looking at the motionless mechanical matryoshka doll standing not far away.

No way, no way... We are just about to prepare for battle! Are you running out of motivation? So low? It feels worse than the mechanical soldier just now...

"Strange……"

Lucy's murmur aroused Natsu's confusion: "What's wrong, Lucy?"

"Look there! Is the color of its tie different from just now?"

Looking in the direction of his finger, Natsu saw the golden tie on the mechanical matryoshka doll: "If you put it like that... I remember it was white just now, right?"

"The color has changed...what does this mean?"

Under normal circumstances, the color of an object represents a change in its state. For example, a traffic light changing from green to red means the road ahead is closed, a crab changing from gray-black to red means it is ripe, and an apple changing from red to black means it is rotten. Now, the baby changes from yellow to... Even the chameleon changes from color A to color B, which means it has moved its position.

Therefore, the color of the tie of the Inui doll in front of me has changed, which must mean that its state has changed, but the direction of this change cannot be seen yet.

Yes, these two people don't know the status and income gap between white-collar workers and gold-collar workers, so naturally they don't understand whether the other is getting stronger or weaker.

Just when the two of them were alert, the golden collar on the mechanical matryoshka doll suddenly glowed, and the surging magic power quickly swallowed the entire doll.

Natsu and Lucy were suddenly surprised, and their eyes widened: "Is this...?!"

The golden light grew stronger and bigger, and it soon expanded from half a person's height to about the same size as Natsu. Then the light dissipated, and what appeared was an adult-sized mechanical matryoshka doll.

Natsu murmured to himself, with confusion in his voice: "Grown bigger? Is this what it's capable of?"

Lucy pondered for a few seconds and then said: "I don't think it's that simple! If you follow the speed and strength just now, and the size becomes larger, the attack power will also be greatly improved! And don't forget, it can be used in battles The hits are getting faster and harder! Not to mention..."

"Not to mention what?"

"His tie is white again!"

Lucy gestured to Natsu with her eyes, "If the color change of the tie means that it is accumulating magic power, then when it turns golden again, it will probably expand again like it is now, and it will be more difficult to deal with! "

"The most troublesome thing is that we still don't know how many times it can expand! What if it finally becomes as tall as a giant? Can we still fight it at that time?"

It is true that Lucy's concerns were right, and she almost guessed the truth. This is why Silver made the new mechanical soldier in front of him look like a matryoshka doll!

But Natsu didn't care. How could the war that had just been ignited be surrendered at the drop of a hat?

"This kind of thing is okay!! Just like Kira said, recklessness is right! We are the magicians of 'Fairy Tail'!!"

After saying that, Natsu rushed forward with all his strength!

"Fire Dragon's... Iron Fist!!"

Accompanied by a loud shout, a powerful and heavy blow hit the iron sheet steadily, and the raging flames exploded at the same time!

Boom! ! ! Bang! ! !

As the flames flew, the sound of metal vibration was low and thick, which showed that Natsu's attack did not have the expected effect.

Sigh...

The heavy punch exhausted the magic metal attached to it, and the flames quickly dissipated without fuel. There was still no fist mark where the fist hit, only a few wisps of faint white smoke.

"Isn't it?! I have no reservations about this punch..." Natsu's eyes narrowed, his face full of shock.

The mechanical matryoshka doll in front of him was about the same size as himself. Its defense was like a towering mountain. It was difficult for a small fist to shake it. Natsu only felt the pressure doubled.

"It feels like facing Gildarts..."

Natsu didn't mention Kira, because Kira wouldn't stand still and take his punch, and then imitate Gildarts and say "You're too young", but would knock him away before Natsu could succeed. go out.

"One more punch! Fire Dragon's... Collapse Fist!!"

Unwilling to be reconciled, Natsu charged up and punched again. This time, the power was stronger and the flames were stronger, but... the effect remained the same!

clang!

The same low moan lingered in her ears, and when she felt that Natsu's fist was in vain, Lucy's expression suddenly changed: "Isn't it?!"

"Damn it!!!"

Natsu, who lost again, was so angry that he jumped up and down, furious, "In that case... the fire dragon's... uhh-!"

Before he could launch his attack, a terrifying energy suddenly erupted from underneath the mechanical nesting doll. The pusher's heavy body was aimed at Natsu and hit him head-on. The speed was so fast that the three of them could not react.

Bang! ! !

Amidst the screams, Natsu flew backwards with his limbs stretched forward, hit the wall hard, and became embedded in the wall.

"Natsu!!"

"Lucy, be careful!!"

"Nani?!"

A sudden change distracted Lucy. When Hubby's reminder came, the mechanical matryoshka doll had already hit Lucy.

The silver-black metal grew larger and larger in the field of vision. The approaching steel doll did not have any killing intent, but it was enough to frighten Lucy. Once it was hit, it would be seriously injured even if it was not disfigured.

At the critical moment, there was a sound on the door.

Ding dong! !

"Moo!!!"

A tall, muscular male cow with an iron ring on its nose swung the giant ax in his hand and smashed the incoming mechanical doll several meters away.

Bang! !

After turning the corner, Lucy suddenly shouted in surprise: "Taros?!"

The person who rescued Lucy was the star spirit who had been following her for a long time, Talos the Bull.

The cow handsomely put the giant ax on his shoulder, pointed at himself with a thumbs up with his right hand, and said proudly: "I will protect Miss Lucy's breasts!!"

This terrible speech... forget it, I'm used to it anyway.

Lucy no longer cared about Talos's words, but asked: "How did you get out? I didn't summon you just now! Although I am very grateful to you for saving me..."

"Of course I can come out because of you, Miss Lucy!"

It has to be said that without the movement of his eyes turning into hearts, Talos looks much more mature and steady, and even a little bit indescribably handsome.

"Because of me...?" Lucy was stunned.

"Ms. Lucy may not have noticed, right? Your strength now is very different from before! That's why I have the ability to open the door on my own initiative, just like Master Leo back then!"

Whether the Celestial Spirit Mage has made progress or not, the Celestial Spirit can most directly feel it, because how much power they can exert depends on the magic power of the Celestial Spirit Mage, so their words are definitely more convincing than any detector. .

In the past, because Lucy's magic power was not enough, the only ones who could take the initiative to open the star spirit gate were Horolochim the Clock, Leo the Leo, and Baloo the Virgo, because they were the three strongest among all Lucy's star spirits. .

But now, even Talos can take the initiative to open the door to save the situation, which shows that Lucy's strength has improved a lot compared to before.

(Taros: What does ‘even’ mean? Looking down on the tauren?)

However, although Talos personally admitted that he had become stronger, Lucy still felt a sense of disbelief, with a mixture of surprise and surprise in her heart: "I... became stronger? Really or fake?!"

Am I so awesome now? ?

"Of course! Miss Lucy is the most talented Celestial Spirit Mage I have ever seen!!"

Talos continued to praise without concealment, with a happy and expectant smile on his face, "And we have always seen your efforts!"

"You..." Lucy knew that Talos was talking about other stars, and she was immediately moved.

"Since the opponent is a strength-type enemy, I, who is also a strength-type, will handle it!"

Looking at the mechanical matryoshka doll not far away, Talos felt proud and he just wanted to show his powerful strength in front of his beloved Miss Lucy.

"Don't worry! I will help you defeat the enemy in front of you!!"