Chapter 334: One Man Makes an Army
Rhodes used the dressing magic to take out Mira's luggage and found two sets of clothes. He also found the clothes that Mira had not allowed him to touch before from the mysterious small bag.
Lucy just took her clothes from the closet as she was told.
It was impossible to get into the bathroom, so Worm had to be sent in. He was not as good as a Poro.
After a while, the two of them came out dressed, with towels wrapped around their heads.
Mira pushed Rhodes who was staring at her: "You should go quickly, Lucy's bath water in the bathtub is not cold yet, you can use it."
"That's your bathwater too!" Lucy complained loudly.
Rhodes nodded: "Then I'm welcome."
"Be polite to me! And I've already let it go!"
Mira covered her mouth and smiled. It was obvious that she was teasing Lucy just now and now.
In order to amuse Lucy, he did not hesitate to involve himself in it.
Rhodes took a normal shower. When he came back, Lucy's hair had just been dried and she was helping Mira to dry her hair.
Her job was taken away, but because of her depressed mood, Rhodes didn't care about it.
"Actually, he doesn't care about me at all, otherwise he wouldn't have come to see me after a year."
Lucy seemed to be talking to Mira about her situation. She had been away from home for a year, and her father seemed to have just remembered that he had a daughter.
Since the death of her mother, the relationship between Lucy and her father, Jiude, has been difficult. On the day she ran away from home, the relationship between the two had dropped to a freezing point.
Jiude seemed not to care about his daughter's thoughts and feelings at all, and only had business matters in his mind.
Lucy speculated that her father might have missed his mother at first and resorted to working non-stop to escape his grief.
It's not that she can't understand if this is the case, because she feels as sad as her father.
But what she didn't understand was that her mother had passed away seven years ago. Lucy, who was ten years old at the time, had already overcome the pain and was determined to continue living a good life. How could a father ignore his daughter for six or seven consecutive years?
"Now that things have happened, he suddenly entrusted Ghost to take me back, and he still uses this tough method. He really hasn't changed at all."
Lucy's tone was mixed with sadness and anger, "How can there be such a father in the world? I can't accept it!"
"If the relationship between you is really what you said, then there must be a reason why you have to go back."
Rhodes thought rudely, either because he was seriously ill and wanted to see Lucy, or because he wanted her to get married or some other bloody plot.
"How can parents not love their children? Even people like Macao care about Romeo very much." Mira comforted Lucy,
"After this incident is over, have a good talk with your father. Maybe he treated you as a child before, but now you are a magician in your own right."
This is a bit rude to Macao, but the truth is this.
"Yeah!" Lucy seemed to have made up her mind. "I will apologize to everyone afterwards. Now I want to help everyone."
The unpleasant topic came to an end for the time being. Lucy stroked Mira's long white hair that had been blow-dried with some envy: "Miss Mira's hair is really nice."
Mira smiled and said: "Isn't it Lucy's too? Her golden hair is very beautiful."
Lucy touched her hair: "Because it's the same as my mother's hair, and Kesha has been taking care of it for me."
The two talked about some tips for girls to take care of their hair and skin, and the atmosphere relaxed a lot.
Mira tied up her loose bangs again, stood up and stretched: "Okay, after taking a bath, the fatigue is gone, let's go!"
How could fatigue disappear so easily?
However, continuing to rest would only make them more worried about their companions, so the three of them dragged Thor and Juvia out.
Rhodes considered that if anyone in the guild was caught, he could use them as a replacement.
Anyway, even if Wendy helps them with their injuries, they won't be able to regain their fighting strength in a short time.
Two river crabs carried five people towards Ougu City.
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Rhodes and Mira never imagined that the guild would suffer a disastrous defeat.
And the reason for the defeat was the collapse of the president.
"Quick! Go back to the guild!"
The fall of the president caused a significant drop in morale, and people on the Fairy Tail side that were supposed to have the upper hand began to get injured.
Gajeel and the man who attacked the guild leader were eyeing each other. The other three members of the Four Elements and the Specter's guild leader, Joseph, had not yet joined the battle.
If the fight continued, it was unpredictable what would happen, and Erza had no choice but to issue the order to retreat on behalf of the president.
Ghost's people were in hot pursuit, including both elites from the headquarters and ordinary members of the branch.
They chased Fairy Tail's team out of Ogu City.
Kana is at the end of the team, constantly dropping card traps to block the enemy's progress.
Stronger people like Natsu, Gray and Loki were at the back of the team, using some magic to attack or defend from time to time.
Alzak and Bisca turned around and fired from time to time.
Elfman, the largest man, ran at the front with the president in his arms, Erza protecting him to prevent the president from being hurt again.
There were people in the middle of the team running with their more seriously injured companions on their backs.
"Don't even think about escaping, Fairy Tail!"
"Stop, coward!"
"Don't you have any other S-class ones? Why aren't they here?"
"I heard there is a military advisor. He must be too smart to come!"
Although they were angry and wanted to go back and fight them, no one stopped.
Retreating is to regroup and fight back hard later.
Troublemakers like Natsu and Gray were following Erza's orders even when they were about to explode, because it was also for their companions.
Dozens of people fled all the way out of Ogu City, and nearly two hundred people chased them, but due to the interference of various magic, the speed slowed down and the team gradually became sparse.
The curses and ridicules never stopped, but everyone had to suppress their anger and continue running.
At a certain moment, Elfman, who was running in the front with the president in his arms, suddenly slowed down.
"Elf..." Erza was about to ask him why, and saw two river crabs rushing over.
Erza felt that the huge pressure on her body dissipated a lot at once, and her tense expression finally relaxed a little, almost crying.
Perhaps only she knew that she was not as strong as she usually showed.
It's so good to see them at this time!
Elfman has already shouted, his tone full of surprise: "Sister! Rod!"
Others heard Elfman's shouting and saw Rod and Mira's figures, and their depressed faces finally showed a little joy.
Reassuring reinforcements have arrived!
Rod, Mira and Lucy on the back of the river crab all showed unbelievable expressions... We actually retreated?
The curses and laughter of the Phantom Ghost faintly came into their ears, and anger appeared on the faces of the three people.
No, this is not right, why do they dare to laugh at our companions?
Why are two hundred people chasing dozens of us?
Number of people?
"Summon, Blue Carved Golem, Crimson Marked Tree Monster, Magic Swamp Frog, Crimson Razorbeak, Shadow Wolf, Ancient Stone Beetle... Void Nester!"
More than 30 wild monsters appeared out of thin air and rushed towards the Phantom Ghost team.
Three Void Nesters fell behind, and purple bugs kept jumping out of their backs to bypass the Fairy Tail team and join the battlefield.
One person... an army.
Lucy was already dumbfounded. Such magic was beyond her cognition.
How strong a magic power was needed to do such a thing?
The companions were getting closer and closer. Rhode saw the wounded companions and the president in Elfman's arms.
His chest rose and fell, and his right hand tightly grasped the pendant: "Summon..."
"No!" Mira grabbed Rhode's hand. She knew what he wanted to do, but if he summoned a dragon in such a situation, his body would collapse.
Rhode looked into her eyes, took a deep breath, and finally gritted his teeth: "Rift Herald!"