SWDnovel Chapter 161 Thunder Palace
Chapter 161 Thunder Palace
Chapter 161 Thunder Palace
On the Duelist Platform, the projections of three harpy women stood side by side, their green wings slightly open, and their sharp talons gleaming coldly at their sides.
Behind them, a dark red Western dragon lurked, its mouth full of fangs, its eyes fiercely fixed on Lucy opposite them.
After more than a dozen rounds of attack and defense, Lucy's cards were completely cleared, and even her health points were reduced to a pitiful 200 points!
"Hahaha! This is what happens when you fight a noble fairy!"
Abba Green used the cards she held in her hand as a folding fan to cover half of her face, laughing loudly, "Give up the struggle! If you surrender now, you won't lose too badly!"
Four card monsters with 3000 life points versus an empty board with 200 life points—the advantage is obvious.
I don't know if it's because of the card game, but Chess, who was watching, felt that Abba Greene's smile was very exaggerated, and there was a bit of Jonouchi's shadow in it. So what will you do next, Lucy?
In contrast to Abba Green's confidence, Lucy's brows were furrowed, her breathing tense, and her fair forehead was covered in sweat.
If this were a normal card game, it wouldn't matter what, but the outcome directly affects who gets Chase!
Lucy knew that Chase would ultimately not allow Laxus to wreak havoc and harm his companions, and that's why...
She was even more unwilling to put Chase in a difficult position, and unwilling to let down her partners' expectations and trust.
The immense pressure she was under made her fearful of the next card draw—after each round, there was a high chance that her life points would be wiped to zero by Abagerin!
The trembling outstretched hand stopped in mid-air.
That ordinary, cold deck of cards seemed like an insurmountable mountain to Lucy at that moment.
"What's wrong? If you don't want to surrender, hurry up and draw the card! If you drag this out any longer, all those statues in the guild will be reduced to ashes!" Abbagrin urged impatiently.
Lucy's forehead was covered in beads of sweat, and the surroundings grew darker.
Against this backdrop of deep-seated consciousness, the deck right before my eyes seems to come alive, slowly drifting away until it becomes unattainable—
"Feed Lucy, do you really not trust my deck that much?" Chase couldn't stand it anymore.
His words were like a ray of light, dispelling the darkness in Lucy's mind.
In her haste, Lucy caught a glimpse of the fairy tail emblem branded on the back of her hand.
A dark magician girl playing and joking around, a dark magician's training plan, and an adorable, soft and cute Kuriboh...
Images of the card monsters surfaced, eventually converging into the incredibly reliable silhouette of Chase.
Unbeknownst to me, I had already formed a deep bond with Chesgo and the card monsters, which was the real reason I chose this deck in the first place!
"I believe in Chesgo's deck!"
Lucy was no longer afraid; the confusion in her eyes vanished. Her hand pressed firmly against the deck. "My turn, draw!!"
The card streaked through the air, its name: The Sealed Exodia!
"I've got them all! Adding these four to my collection, I actually have them all!!"
After a brief moment of stunned silence, Lucy couldn't help but cheer and jump up on the spot with joy.
Before the match began, she learned about Yugi Muto's deck composition through Kazesuke's glasses and knew that there was a special winning mechanism.
That is, as long as you collect all five parts of the Dark Archmage Exodia, you can win directly!
Swish, swish.
As Lucy threw out all five cards at once, the virtual light and shadow on the platform swirled.
Opposite the three Harpy sisters, Exodia appeared from the erected five-star magic circle and wiped out the entire field with a single Demon God Flame Cannon.
Before Abba Green could even react to what had happened, her health points had already dropped to zero!
The winner is Lucy Heartfilia!
"How...how is this possible!" Abba Grin stared wide-eyed in disbelief, collapsing to the ground as the cards in her hands scattered in all directions.
"Nice!"
Lucy clenched her fist, a bright smile spreading across her face, and turned to Chase. "Chase, you're my opponent now, right? Come on, come on, I'm incredibly strong right now!"
In just one game, she was deeply impressed by the charm of playing cards and couldn't wait to play another round.
"Unforgivable! How dare you do such a thing to a noble fairy like me, Abbagrim! Absolutely unforgivable!"
Abba Greene left the elevator platform with a gloomy expression, slowly walking towards Lucy while taking off her glasses from the bridge of her nose.
Since he had lost the chance to win over Chase, the opposing camp shouldn't expect to get him either!
Lucy, who was immersed in joy, was suddenly startled. Just as she was about to close her eyes to avoid the petrification magic, the deep blue figure rushed into her line of sight first.
Boom!
The next second, the sound of stones shattering rang out.
"This is my territory!"
Chase spread his fingers and grabbed Abba Green's head, slamming it mercilessly onto the cracked floor.
The blow left Abba Grin disheveled, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, and she looked quite disheveled.
Even so, as a staunch supporter of Laxus, she still tried her best to move her head, wanting to use her petrifying eye to eliminate Chase, this uncertain factor.
However, how could Chase possibly make such a basic mistake?
The pressure in her hand immediately increased: "Attempting to attack neutrals is a violation of the game rules. As punishment, Abba, you need to remove everyone's petrification status."
"Don't even think about it!" Abba Green said through gritted teeth.
"Oh? You mean you want to appear in tomorrow's newspaper like Gajeel?" Chase laughed.
That incredibly sinister expression made Lucy involuntarily hug herself and take two steps back: "The way Gajeel did it? Stripped naked and hung on the tower?!"
Abba Greene, who had originally intended to remain defiant to the death, was instantly stunned by this reminder.
"I'll untie it, I'll untie it!" She immediately chickened out.
"Then I'll have to trouble you." Chase put away his smile, which was even more terrifying than a demon's.
He's so gentle, he naturally wouldn't actually do that kind of thing to Abba Green, who's a girl. But if Abba Green keeps being stubborn, then he'll have to brainwash her!
The moment the petrification spell was broken, the spell panel that Fried had created updated its content accordingly.
Makarov, who was in the guild, noticed the message immediately and turned around to look at the stage. Sure enough, Mira, Dark Magician Girl, and the others had all returned to normal!
Natsu, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, rushed over and wanted to fight someone—his eyes were only on the strongest battle in Fairy Tail, regardless of whether the opponent was a group of delicate beauties or "teammates".
This foolish behavior naturally drew severe criticism from Makarov.
After a long and earnest explanation of the principles of physics, Natsu finally calmed down.
Just as Makarov was about to finalize the action plan with Mira and the others, spell runes from the guild gate floated in, forming a blood-red skull.
"That damn Chase dared to break the rules!"
Laxus's deep, cold voice came from within, "Fortunately, I had a backup plan."
"Old man, you don't actually think rescuing the hostages will end the civil war, do you? Hah, don't even think about it!"
"To keep the game going, this time, we'll use the entire town as the stakes! The Thunder Palace, with a 30-minute time limit, is now activated, ahahahaha!"
The ear-piercing, maniacal laughter startled Makarov: "To set up something so extremely dangerous in a town? Are you insane, Laxus?!"
The Thunder Palace is composed of nearly 300 magic crystals filled with lightning magic.
If the magic crystal is not completely destroyed before activation, countless lightning bolts will fall, their power enough to destroy a city!
"Old man, you forced me to do this!"
Laxus roared from the crimson skull, "Unless you announce to the entire Magnolia right now that I'm the next guild master of Fairy Tail, this battle will never end!!"
"Think it over carefully, your time is running out—"
As soon as he finished speaking, the skull shattered on the spot and vanished without a trace.
"That bastard!" Makarov clenched his fists tightly.
He could never hand over Fairy Tail to a dangerous guy like Laxus, even though he had long planned to retire, and even though Laxus was his grandson!
Doing so will only bring about greater disasters and tragedies.
Thinking of this, Makarov looked at Mira and said seriously, "Mira, you understand what happened, right?"
"Now I need you to take over Lidas's mission and bring Poliusica here."
The appearance of the Thunder Palace made the situation worse. Although Chess would certainly not disappoint him, it was still necessary to prepare contingency plans.
"I understand." Mira nodded.
"Sister Mira, I'll go with you!" The Dark Magician Girl volunteered.
As a neutral party, she naturally chose to stand unconditionally on the side of Mira, with whom she had the closest relationship.
"Is it okay? There's a high chance you'll end up fighting Fried, just like with Lidas," Mira warned seriously.
The person following Freed now is Dark Magician, the master Dark Magician, whom Dark Magician Girl fears the most!
"That's precisely why we should be with Mira even more!"
The dark magician girl clenched her fist, her beautiful eyes gleaming with fierce fighting spirit. "What a rare opportunity to give my master a good beating!"
This unusual, inexplicable confidence left Happy, standing nearby, completely bewildered: "Our guild's blonde girls are really unusually brave today—"
"Haha! Don't worry, I have a secret weapon that my master secretly gave me." The dark magic girl chuckled.
Seeing her confidence, Mira said no more.
A dark purple magic circle lit up, and Mira, having received the Soul of Satan, transformed into streams of light along with the Dark Magician Girl.
It flew straight to the forest to the east.
Kana and Juvia also set out on their mission, searching for Laxus's location while studying how to destroy the dense array of lightning crystals high in the sky.
Natsu and Gajeel, still unable to leave, watched helplessly as everyone departed the guild, their resentment towards Freed reaching its peak.
"Well, since it's also magic based on words, I'll try to rewrite Fried's spell."
Levy, who wasn't with the others, walked slowly towards them.
Her words made Natsu and Gajeel's eyes light up and they were very excited.
Just then, the information panel at the door updated again: [Lucy failed to persuade neutral Chase]
"Wow! Two pieces of good news all at once!" Natsu couldn't help but cheer.
Gajeel pointed at the panel and roared, "Idiot, look carefully! What kind of good news is this?!"
Natsu retorted matter-of-factly, "What do you know? If Chess joins our side, then we won't be able to fight him anymore!!"
"Forehead--."
Levy's lips twitched twice, forcing a smile that she didn't know how to make a sarcastic remark.
Regardless of the reasons, at present, without knowing the exact location of Laxus, winning over Chase is indeed the top priority.
"If you're scared, find a secluded corner to hide in later," Natsu mocked.
Upon hearing this, Gajeel instinctively took two steps back, revealing a look of fear.
He recalled the scene of being mercilessly crushed by Chase that night, and he still felt lingering fear.
Fighting that kind of monster is simply asking for trouble.
Despite this, Gajeel still tried to remain calm and shouted loudly, "What, what are you talking about! You think I'm afraid of him?!"
Hmm, as expected of the Iron Dragon Slayer Magician, he's got a stubborn tongue!
Just as Levy was ignoring the two idiots and starting to analyze Fried's spell...
The Magnolia Cathedral on the other side.
crunch.
The tightly closed door was gently pushed open.
The light then shone down, elongating the figure draped in a black cloak and carrying five magic wands.
"Oh? I didn't expect you to join the battle, and even find this place first."
Laxus, standing in the center of the church, slowly turned around and smirked, "Mistgang—"
"Stop this pointless activity now, and I can pretend nothing happened," Mistgang's voice was calm and cold.
"A pointless operation? This is the Fairy Tail war!"
Laxus spread his arms wide, arcs of electricity dancing on his fingertips. "There's always been talk about who among us—you, me, or Chase—is the strongest of the younger generation, but that person can only be me!"
"Have you forgotten about Erza and Mira?" Mystergan asked in a deep voice.
"Those two women were passable, but they were still too weak!"
"Erza and Mira are too weak? Are you still asleep?"
"Compared to that, Mystogan, I've heard a lot about your background, Your Highness Prince Edolas."
These words made Mistergang's pupils shrink sharply: "Where did you hear that from?!"
"Who knows? Beat me and I'll tell you." Laxus squinted his eyes mischievously.
Boom boom boom!
Enraged, Mystogan stopped trying to persuade him and used his wand to attack Laxus.
As the dazzling magic circles, brimming with special effects, collided, the battle between the two officially began!