Chapter 174, Erza: I Will Protect All of This!

"The roar of the earth!"

Azuma repeated his old trick, but after using it up, he didn't have much magic power left.

But seeing Erza's weak appearance, he was confident that there was no need for a third shot.

This woman——

Defeat!

'Boom'

A huge explosion engulfed Erza.

The energy flowed turbulently, almost tearing her body apart.

A memory even appeared uncontrollably in Erza's mind.

"Is it the revolving lantern that Everit mentioned?"

Erza chuckled lightly.

A picture formed in my mind——

It was afternoon and the sun was warm.

A clear river next to a lush forest.

Natsu and Gray, who was only wearing a pair of shorts, were arguing, and seeing the heat getting more and more intense, they were about to start a fight.

Laxus was lying half under the tree, leaning against the trunk of the tree, with his hands behind his head, closing his eyes and listening to the music. The fishing rod at his feet was trembling slightly. The fish had already been caught, but he was too lazy to care.

Lisanna hugged Habib and squatted next to Laxus. She held a pen in her hand. One person and one cat were gesturing back and forth, planning how to write - Everit used deception magic to deceive Laxus' sense of touch. and sense of smell, so that he could not smell Lisanna's scent, nor feel that he would be smeared on his face by Lisanna.

'Bang bang'

Mirajane sat next to Everit, with a big stone at her feet. She picked up a walnut, smashed it with her fist, smashed the walnut, picked out the meat, and piled it aside.

"Come on, bite now."

Yefulit looked under the river. There was a huge shadow there - visually estimated to be over seven or eight pounds, swimming around near his fishhook.

This made Everit very nervous.

Mirajane picked up a piece of walnut meat and was about to stuff it into her mouth, but she punched it on the edge of her lips. She lost her grip and dropped it to the ground.

She picked it up, looked around guiltily, and found that no one was paying attention. She blew it twice, wiped it on her thigh, and then handed it directly to Everit's mouth and slapped it on his lips.

Everit instinctively opened her mouth and ate.

Mirajane's eyes narrowed with laughter, and she picked up the walnut meat again and ate it happily.

It was a peaceful, not quite quiet, afternoon.

Erza stretched out and saw that the fish was on the fish. With a flick of her wrist, she pulled up the four to five kilogram fish and threw it into the fish basket.

"ah?"

"ah?"

Natsu and Gray, heads to head, were about to fight.

Erza sighed helplessly, why didn't these two guys get along well.

"I'm coming!"

Everit leaned forward, very excited.

Mirajane grabbed his clothes, fearing that he would get excited and plunge directly into the river. But after thinking about it, he probably wasn't such an idiot, so he stopped and continued eating walnuts.

Finally, when Everit's fisted hand was almost stiff, the fingertips were red and the palms were white.

The fish bit!

The fishing rod was shaken.

"coming!"

Everit was so excited that he grabbed the fishing rod and pulled it back.

But at this moment.

"You bastard!"

The battle between Natsu and Gray began. Natsu kicked Gray away and Gray punched Natsu away.

Gray was kicked and hit a tree.

Natsu, who was knocked away, hit Everit's back firmly with his back.

"ah--"

Everit exclaimed.

‘Plop’

He dove forward into the water.

The sudden fall into the water made him panic. He flopped in the water a few times before remembering that he could swim.

The most important thing is that he caught a fish!

He quickly stood up from the water and wanted to grab the fishing rod.

But he saw Mirajane's helpless eyes mixed with sympathy.

Everit looked down.

fishing rod

Gone.

He turned to look.

The fish splashed in the water, dragging the fishing rod and disappeared quickly.

"Natsu-Gray!!!"

Everit was furious, rushed ashore, and punched and kicked the two of them.

Natsu and Gray knew they were in the wrong. After all, it was not easy for Everit to catch a fish. So they could only defend themselves with their heads in their hands and did not fight back.

"Okay, okay." Mirajane saw Everit venting for a while, and she was so tired that she quickly came up with a towel and said, "They didn't mean it."

"What's not intentional?!" Everit said angrily: "I came to the river to fish, not to fight!"

"You guy - why are you making such a fuss?" Laxus opened his eyes dissatisfiedly, only to see Lisanna holding a pen in her hand and pointing it at his face.

The little girl originally had a mischievous and suppressed smile on her face, but when Laxus noticed it, she suddenly started laughing awkwardly.

Hubby saw that something was not going well and quickly flew towards Erza.

"Lisanna!!!" Laxus touched his face and looked at his hands, which were colorful.

"Sorry, Brother Laxus!"

Lisanna dropped her pen, turned around, ran very fast on her short legs, and threw herself into the forest.

"stop!"

Laxus got up and ran after him.

"."

Erza just looked at all this with a smile. She did not take it seriously like she did in the guild, trying to bring everything back to normal, or criticizing anyone who shouldn't.

Everyone is smiling, right?

Ignore the angry Yefrit, Gray and Natsu who were glaring at each other even though they were hit, Happy who was worried about being punished by Laxus, and Laxus who was gritting his teeth

Uh.

Anyway

She felt it was quite warm.

After a while of commotion, Laxus came back, with Lisanna sitting on his shoulder, who looked like she had cried, holding a big horn in his hand.

"What's wrong, Lisanna?" Mirajane immediately asked with concern.

"I met a monster, wuwu." Lisanna said aggrievedly.

Just now she ran into the forest, but met a monster, and was accidentally knocked away by it.

Laxus, who had been unable to catch up, caught up in an instant, slapped the monster to death with a slap, and broke off its horn to comfort Lisanna.

Erusa looked at Yefrit, and he finally accepted the reality. He was pulled to the river by Mirajane. She took out her fishing rod, baited the hook herself, and handed it to Yefrit.

Yefrit used magic to change his clothes with one click, floated the card in the air, blew his hair with hot air, and then cast the hook impatiently. Seeing this, Mirajane stood behind him and rubbed his hair with her fingers to dry it faster.

On the other side.

Natsu and Gray, with bruised faces and noses, sat on the left and right of Yefrit, and swung out two poles in sync.

A breeze blew, ruffling Erza's hair in front of her forehead.

She smiled gently.

‘Crack’

The picture in front of her suddenly broke.

All she saw was flames.

Erza's body was being torn apart by magic.

At this moment, her mind echoed a conversation with Yefrit, which happened not long after Yefrit joined the guild.

"Yeflit, you and our guild's style really don't match."

"Really?"

"Yes, you are very mature, and you haven't experienced anything. Our guild hasn't given you anything. It's hard for me to understand why you like the guild so much."

"You will understand after a while, Erza. I am no different from you. And didn't Gildarts say that most people who join the guild have a past they don't want to recall, and something they are extremely eager for. I have both. And the purpose of the guild is to protect and help such people. Now, what I expect has been realized in the guild."

"Really." Erza didn't understand at the time.

But she still nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, Yefrett, I will protect everything!"

"I believe you!" Yefrett smiled.

'Snap'

Just when the long sword was about to slip out of her hand, Erza grabbed the long sword fiercely.

"I am——"

"Erza of Fairy Tail!"

"I——"

"I will protect everything!"

Erza broke through Azuma's magic, and faced the other party's shocked eyes, and slashed with a knife!

"How is it possible?!" Azuma couldn't believe it. What happened to this woman? !

Why could she break through his magic and rush out even at that level!

She was obviously seriously injured!

She had almost no magic power!

She——

Why? !

Where did she get the power to swing the long sword!

Azuma noticed Erza's eyes, and the firm look in her eyes shocked him.

It was like a sun, no matter how weak it was, it could dispel the darkness!

Will

Can it really do this?

"Faith Slash!" Erza roared.

'Puff'

A red shadow flashed, and blood sprayed.

Erza half-crouched behind Azuma.

Azuma's body shook, and then fell backwards.

"Huh——"

Eluza let out a long breath, she stood up slowly, whispering: "Yevlit, I know what you want."

Yevlit did not answer, as if he was not here, so he did not hear.

But Erza thought it was a tacit agreement.

And outside the first generation's tomb.

Yevlit asked Miko with a confused face: "What does she know?"

"." Miko tilted her head slightly and said: "Want. Hug?"

After that, she opened her arms.

"."Yevlit ignored Miko. He felt that Erza had some misunderstandings about him, but he was too lazy to ask.

'Shua'

Eluza put away the knife and changed back to her usual outfit.

With the blessing of Tianlang Island, her physical strength and magic power were recovering.

'Dangdang'

As soon as she took a step, she kicked something at her feet, and there was a crisp collision sound.

She looked down and saw that it was three bottles of magic potion.

She smiled and picked it up.

It was left by this guy Yefrit. He didn't show up in person because he was embarrassed by being guessed.

She had blamed Yefrit before, but now she didn't have that thought.

Instead, she felt relieved.

She felt that she had finally seen Yefrit clearly. He was just like her that afternoon.

Occasionally, he would let Natsu and Gray play, and would turn a blind eye to Lisanna's pranks, and would also take a relaxed attitude when Yefrit beat Natsu and Gray.

Even if it was noisy and seemed to destroy harmony.

But a bond was born from it.

What was the past that Yefrit didn't want to recall, Erza didn't know.

But Yefrit longed for this kind of warmth and liked this peaceful day, but Erza knew it.

This is Yefrit.

This is Yefrett, who will never betray. Even if he is attacked by Nirvana magic and his mind is changed, he still considers his companions.

On the surface, he doesn't care about his companions, but in fact, no one dies in every battle.

Erza protects her companions by fighting the strongest enemy herself.

Yefrett tries his best to help his companions grow, and everyone becomes stronger together, and the guild becomes stronger, so that they can always maintain this warm and peaceful life. No wonder, even when Laxus is at his most extreme, he still won't reject Yefrett, because both sides have a common understanding: the guild is strong, and companions will not be bullied.

Natsu thinks Yefrett is uneasy, so he will work hard to become stronger and dispel his anxiety.

Gray thinks Yefrett is craving for attention. He wants to be a magician that everyone pays attention to. He wants everyone to see him and applaud him, so he silently supports all of Yefrett's actions - even if some behaviors that seem to pit teammates, he only complains, instead of strongly opposing. He always trusts Yefrett without questioning.

This is Yefrit. Erza thought: Yefrit is gentle, seemingly strong and fearless, but soft-hearted.

Erza clenched her sword.

She swore in her heart -

She would become the strongest shield of the guild, protecting everyone, including Yefrit's weak points!

"Yefrit." Erza suddenly said: "After the fight, let's go fishing."

"Okay!" Yefrit answered in seconds.

Erza smiled dotingly.

"I always feel that she has some deep misunderstandings." Yefrit scratched his head.

"Maybe not." Miko said.

"Huh?" Yefrit looked at her in confusion.

"Intuition." Miko smiled.

"." Yefrit was speechless for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Intuition is unreliable."

"But."

Yefrit looked at Azuma and said, "Erusa didn't kill him, so it's a good opportunity to recycle waste."

He took out a bottle of potion, a thick purple liquid, bubbling.

"Go, let him regain his mobility." Yevlit said.

"Yes." Asa took the potion and instantly appeared beside Azuma who was waiting to die.

Facing the other party's frightened and puzzled eyes, he stuffed the bottle mouth into his mouth and forced him to drink it in big gulps.

"Who are you?!"

Azuma felt a lot of power surging out of his body and sat up quickly.

But he found that his chest was itchy.

He looked down and saw that there were many granulations on the wound on his chest, and they grew rapidly, in a way that "it's best not to imagine to prevent nausea", like hundreds or thousands of flesh-colored tentacles as thick as bean sprouts, twisting and entwining with each other, weaving and suturing the fatal wound.

"Who are you? Why did you save me?"

Azuma was puzzled.

"Go to the north and kill the enemies there." Asa said coldly, and then left instantly.

North?

Azuma was stunned. That was where Vice President Brunot was fighting.

Kill the enemies there?

This person is an ally.

Where did the ally come from?

Azuma set off with doubts.

"Ahhhhhhhh——"

In the forest, Lucy was running.

"Yeflit, you bastard, come and save me!"

Lucy shouted.

Behind her, there were many enemies.

"I know you're watching, don't pretend you don't know!"

She shouted, but no one answered.

"This bastard!"

Lucy could only cast magic while running to delay the enemy.

Suddenly.

A flash of pink flashed before her eyes.

Lucy, who had already run too far, stopped in time and ran back.

Pink.

She thought she saw a turtledove.

When she ran back, she saw a girl she didn't know.

She didn't know who tied her to the tree, and her face was cold.

She should be an enemy.

After all, she didn't know her.

"Help me untie the rope." Melty ordered coldly.

"I don't want to!" Lucy turned around and ran, she wasn't stupid!