SWDnovel Chapter 297 The Final Ambush
Chapter 297 The Final Ambush
Chapter 297 The Final Ambush
The destructive energy exploded across the entire area, the earth crumbled like fragile tofu, and was then annihilated by the shockwave.
A massive mushroom cloud filled with flames and black smoke rose slowly, and the resulting seismic waves even affected nearby towns, causing considerable riots and panic!
Destroying everything in its path—that is the power of the Destroyer Dragon Gandora!
The terrifying magical explosion lasted for nearly a minute before gradually subsiding.
When the thick smoke dissipated, Natsu and the others, who were high above Necrophosa, looked down and were all stunned by the scene before them.
What came into view was a super crater the size of the entire city of Magnolia, filled with countless deep, dark cracks that spread out in all directions like a spider web.
The land surrounding the giant pit was empty, with only rolling yellow sand whipped up by the hurricane, exuding a desolate atmosphere.
Such a huge forest was just blown up like that!
"Wow! That's amazing! No wonder you're Gandora's brother!" Natsu was the first to react and shouted excitedly.
"When did you acknowledge him as your older brother? And this is way too much! If the president had reacted even a little slower, we would all be dead!" Lucy clutched her chest, still shaken.
"Hey Lucy, did the enemy mess up your brain? We're in the sky right now!" Happy blurted out an untimely, lame joke.
Lucy's lips twitched, but considering their current situation, she resisted the urge to pick up the dead cat and give it a good beating.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield below.
The deep purple magic barrier shattered like glass, revealing Hades standing inside with disheveled hair.
Realizing that his heart, hidden deep underground, was likely to be destroyed, he used his infinite magic one last time to unleash a defensive spell even more advanced than Makarov's Three Pillars before Gandora could unleash all his energy.
Although he barely withstood a potentially fatal attack, his heart was destroyed, and he had exhausted all his remaining magic power, leaving him at his last gasp.
"I'll return what you just said to you verbatim."
Chase walked slowly across the scorched earth, looked up at Hades who was barely breathing, and said, "President Prehito, you look even more like a candle flickering in the wind now."
"Damn card brat, you knew the location of the heart all along?" Hades's gaze was terrifyingly gloomy; the black dragon's target was quite clear.
Coupled with Chase's previous string of confident victories, he quickly came to this conclusion.
"No, I found out during the battle."
Chase gently shook his head and said truthfully, "No matter how hidden the magic is, as long as there is a magical connection, its source can be traced. You must know that, right?"
Upon hearing this, Hades conjured up the unfathomable face of the Chaos Dark Magician: "Was it that black-robed mage who told you?"
Even Makarov couldn't pinpoint the location of the "heart," so he didn't think Chase could find it on his own.
Thinking of this, Hades felt a deep sense of regret: If only he had used the inner magic to end the battle right from the start!
As the person closest to Zeref, he was far too arrogant.
However, it was precisely this arrogance that allowed him to inadvertently avoid a deeper level of despair.
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If that were done, then what Chase would summon wouldn't be the Destroyer Dragon Gandora, but Camille!
"It doesn't matter who told me; what matters is that you lost." Chase stepped forward.
Although Gandora's attack nearly depleted his restored magic, in his current state, defeating Hades, who has lost his heart, should not be too difficult.
"Heh, that's why I said you're too naive, you brat!"
Hades sneered, and a spatial magic array suddenly lit up behind him.
More than a dozen figures emerged from the depths of the light; they were Zankro and the other seven members of the Purgatory Kin, along with their followers, who should have been defeated!
Given Natsu and the others' personalities, they would never do something as ruthless as killing their enemies to eliminate future troubles; at most, they would just beat them down.
It was this kindness and love for life that allowed Hades to find an opening and protect Zancro and the others.
This doesn't mean he loves his subordinates that much; he simply wants to keep them around to deal with the difficulties that lie ahead.
With everyone in a low-health state, the number of players becomes the key factor in determining the final outcome!
As expected of an old hand who has dominated the magic world for over a hundred years, he was able to make such a precise judgment in an instant. Unfortunately, boom!
Nirvana descended from the sky, its six giant rock legs trampling on the scarred earth, raising clouds of dust.
Behind Chase, a surge of figures appeared, led by Chairman Makarov. The entire Fairy Tail team made their appearance, directly confronting Hades's remnants of the army, achieving a double crushing victory in both numbers and momentum!
"Give up your futile struggle, President Precito."
Makarov stepped to Chase's side and coldly delivered his final message to Hades.
Even at this point, Hades remained unmoved, arms crossed and expressionless.
"Kid, how long do you think it will take you to completely defeat us in your current state?"
Seeing that Makarov frowned slightly and did not reply, he continued, "Don't forget, the Heart of the Demon is the strongest dark guild in the Balam Alliance, with a large number of affiliated guilds."
"Thanks to the commotion caused by that card brat, they're probably on their way now."
Normally, ordinary dark guilds would be no match for Fairy Tail, but in this situation where both sides were exhausted, those madmen were the last straw that broke the camel's back!
I never expected that the small fry I usually wouldn't even bother to look at would become my greatest source of confidence.
Just as Hades was sighing to himself, a calm yet sarcastic voice suddenly rang out from behind the Fairy Tail army.
"If you're referring to those dark guilds stationed around the Forest of Death—"
With her long, flowing crimson hair, Erza, who had been nowhere to be seen throughout, walked through the crowd to Hades and slowly loosened her clenched fist. "I'm sorry, they may not have a chance to appear."
Wow.
Banners with eerie patterns broke free from their binding force and scattered in the breeze.
Hades stared in disbelief, his confidence crumbling as the flags scattered on the ground came into view.
"How...how is this possible! One person wiped out all the affiliated guilds?!"
Zancro and the others were horrified.
Keep in mind that while those guilds were far inferior to the headquarters, they still had at least several dozen mages, and their guild leaders were even S-rank. How could they be wiped out like that?!
"After all, our opponent this time is you, so before the all-out war, I racked my brains and prepared for all possible contingencies," Makarov said in a deep voice.
When he first sent Erza to deal with the surrounding dark guilds, he only thought of avoiding a passive situation of being attacked from both sides. He did not expect Hades to be so arrogant that he did not notify the affiliated guilds to come to his aid when the headquarters was attacked.
However, in hindsight, this decision was definitely the right one!
Hades' gaze swept past Makarov, then fell upon Chess, Mira, and Erza standing side by side, and the Fairy Tail mages with resolute expressions further back.
After a brief silence, knowing that all was lost, he gave up resisting and his arms fell limply to his sides.
"That impulsive brat who used to be so reckless has now learned to act cautiously—"
"I accept my defeat wholeheartedly. Give me a quick death, Makarov—"