After getting Alex's Kurama magic power, Natsu and Gajeel still receive buffs from Wendy, making them even stronger. They charge at the Royal Army like some madmen possessed by demons and they really look like they are possessed by demon foxes with the orange fox-like chakra cloaks.
Lily and Sugarboy go to stop Gajeel while Natsu is stopped by Edolas Erza and Edolas Lyon. Hughes is also there, but he stays behind to command the soldiers because his Magic Item is useless outside the City, without any item from the Amusement Park to be controlled using his Magic Item.
Wendy also stays behind to attack with long-range spells, but then Edolas Ultear charges toward her. Alex wants to stop her with a nail, but suddenly a Goat-man appears and blocks her sword with bare hand.
"Eh? Capricorn-san?" Wendy immediately recognizes him and she looks around to find the one who can summon Capricorn, Earthland Lucy.
Of course, Alex also recognizes Capricorn and she also knows that Lucy is the one who summons the Spirit. He also immediately knows where Lucy is. She is standing on his right side, wearing a piece of black cloth to cover her face.
Lucy is smart enough to know that they need to hide their faces although she doesn't know why. So she quickly looked for something to cover her face and only found this piece of black cloth. Well, it's good enough to hide her real identity, so it's fine.
"Are you freed by Mystogan?" Alex asks her while putting his palm in front of her. She climbs onto his giant palm and he lifts her to his head.
"No, I wasn't crystalized from the beginning." Lucy then tells him the same story as in the series about why she wasn't crystalized. He knows, but he acts as if he doesn't know because he isn't supposed to know.
"I see. So you came here immediately after realizing who we are, right?"
"Actually, I mistook that Erza as our Erza and ended up being jailed." Lucy says it with slumped shoulders. She was caught by Edolas Erza after being mistaken as Edolas Lucy from Edolas Fairy Tail and will be executed in a few days.
"... That's really bad. But how did you manage to escape?"
"I was lucky that Mystogan and Laxus passed by the jail when they sneaked into the castle. There was you as well, but then Laxus and Mystogan told me that he isn't the Big Brother Alex I know. Then they told me about this world, about Edolas and what we are going to do. They helped me find my Keys, so I can come here to help."
"Oh, so they're in the castle already. Then it won't take long for the plan to work." Alex grins.
"Yeah, but then we heard your roar. We never saw your current form, but we immediately recognized that it was you. I didn't know what you wanted to do, but surprisingly, your Edolas self knew it immediately even though you never met each other."
"Ho? As expected of me. So now they are looking for the device, right?"
"Yeah, Mystogan and your Edolas self do it. As for Laxus, well," Lucy hasn't even finished her sentence when many thunder bolts suddenly strike the areas around the battlefield. They surprise everyone and the Edolas soldiers become very wary.
"Heh, he really knows how to make an entrance." Alex immediately knows that it must be Laxus's doing. So he quickly does an act to make this even more interesting.
"HAHAHAHA! YOU'RE FINALLY HERE, MY LOYAL SERVANT, FLASH CHARGE!" Alex laughs sinisterly while raising his arms. His loud laugh shakes the soldiers' bodies and they also shale in fear when knowing that the one who makes these thunderbolts is the demon fox's servant.
A more powerful thunderbolt suddenly strikes in front of Alex. Laxus appears with his usual thick fur robe. But he wears a mask that only covers the area around his eyes. The mask is actually a party mask too, making Alex raise an eyebrow.
"Just where the hell do you find that mask?" Alex asks with a whisper.
"Leave it! I couldn't find anything good to cover my face." Laxus also whispers while sound mad and embarrassed.
"..... Whatever, just go and help them. Natsu is struggling to fight Edolas Erza, so replace him. I will take care of the soldiers. We need to make chaos as much as possible to put their attention here so Mystogan can do his part more easily."
"I know. No need to tell me that because I'm not stupid like Natsu. Just don't kill them with your big hands." Laxus immediately moves to take over Natsu's fight.
He jumps at Edolas Erza and sends a lightning punch. Laxus is fast, but surprisingly, Edolas Erza can react and block his punch even though she gets thrown back quite far because the punch is really strong.
"I'll take care of her. Dragneel, you help Redfox." Laxus immediately uses family names to call Natsu and Gajeel because he knows better than to call Natsu and Gajeel with their names as it will implicate Edolas Natsu and Edolas Gajeel.
"Huh? Lax-," But Natsu isn't as smart as Laxus, so he doesn't understand immediately and almost calls Laxus with his name.
Laxus throws Natsu toward Gajeel before he can finish what he wants to say. Only when he crashes onto Sugarboy does Natsu understand why Laxus called him with his family name. So he also addresses Laxus with his family name.
"GAH! DON'T THROW ME, DREYAR!" Natsu seems angry while sitting on top of Sugarboy after the crash.
"OI, REDFOX! I WILL HANDLE THIS GUY." Right when Natsu says it, Sugarboy slips away by melting the ground with his Magic Item. Natsu falls into the melted ground as if it's water, but he frees himself quickly by destroying the ground with his flame.
Gajeel frowns when Natsu calls him Redfox, but he quickly understands why. He won't really have a problem calling them without using their real names because he usually calls them differently anyway, like calling Natsu as Salamander or Wendy as Little Girl.
Anyway, Laxus now fights Edolas Erza and he doesn't really struggle. He is still much stronger than even Earthland Erza and he can defeat Edolas Erza even easier if he is serious. But there's no point in doing that because their purpose is getting people's attention here.
So Laxus tries to make his battle look very difficult by limiting his spell choices. Though it really is difficult for him to avoid all of Edolas Erza's sharp spear attacks. He doesn't want to get any scratches on his expensive fur robe, after all.
Meanwhile, Gajeel's and Natsu's struggles are real. They truly have difficult times fighting their opponents. Lily's physical power and skills are really high while Sugarboy is really smart even though his Magic isn't very powerful and not really compatible against Natsu's Fire Magic.
In fact, Edolas Magic isn't strong compared to Earthland Magic because they depend on Magic Items. But Edolas Mages are very effective at using their Magic because they value Magic much more than Earthland Mages.
The scarcity of Magic Power makes them value Magic so much. That's why they go to such length using Anima even though it still doesn't justify their act. But that proves how effective and efficient Magic Power can be used.
Edolas Mages can use Magic Power so effectively that that can make strong spells using little amounts of magic power. It was shown by how Natsu wasted all the magic power in a Magic Item for a not so strong spell even though it should be able to be used many times in the hands of experts.
That shows just how great Edolas Mages' controls over magic power because they can use less amount of Magic Power compared to Earthland Mages to make attacks with similar power.
Still, the amount of magic power they can use is a problem because they use Lacrima Crystals. No matter how they try, they will never have as much magic power as Earthland Mages. After all, Earthland Mages can grow to have more magic power over time.
Edolas Mages need to depend on Lacrima Crystal and to have as much Magic Power as S-Class Mages, they would need a really big Lacrima Crystal that won't fit into their Magic Items and it will be very expensive.
Only a really big organization like the Kingdom can have a Lacrima Crystal of that size. That's why Edolas Mages really value magic power and try to use it as effectively and efficiently as they can.
Edolas Mages' effectiveness and efficiency at using Magic Power were a big reason why Alex trained his Magic Power control. They made him know that Magic Power can be used very efficiently. He can use less Magic Power than others to make spells with the same power.
Edolas Mages' effectiveness and efficiency at using Magic Power also showed how bad Earthland Mages' usage of Magic Power. That's why he always taught his friends the method to increase their magic control that can help them use their magic power more efficiently.
Alex is grateful to Edolas for showing him that which makes him as strong as he is now. That's why he won't destroy too many things here to show his gratitude and he makes sure his friends won't destroy anything too.
Alex also tries to not kill anyone. That's why he quickly moves to intercept a very big and powerful magic beam that suddenly gets shot towards him from the sky. He shoots a Tailed Beast Bomb Beam to counter that rainbow magic beam and the clash creates a really strong shockwave.
Everyone looks up after being pushed by the shockwave. They all see a giant mechanical dragon flying in the sky. The King, Faust has appeared using Edolas strongest Magic Weapon, Dorma Anim.
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Ch. 171. The Hero Returns
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