Chapter Thirty-Six: The Magician of the Moonbreaker
"Find a way to destroy the moon!" Natsu beckoned, still thinking about his first S-Class mission. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Lucy waved her hand helplessly: "No, no, it was impossible at that time...... It's said that it's not about the moon. ”
"Now that the Deliora problem is settled, the ceremony will stop. Gray said, "Then the curse will be taken away, right?"
Leo suddenly said, "Although I don't know the specifics, it seems that it is not your task to sabotage our resurrection of Daliora, right?"
Elusa said, "That's right, our mission is to unlock the curse on the island. ”
Lucy clapped her palms: "Yes, since there is a truce between us, then we can ask Leo." Did you do the curse of the villagers on the island?"
Leo shook his head, "No, we don't know. ”
Yuka adds: "We have been on the island for three years, have never been in contact with the local villagers, and have stayed in the temple area to prepare for the ceremony. And the villagers never came to disturb us, so they were safe. ”
Gray retorted, "How is it possible? The curse phenomenon in the village was three years ago! It must have something to do with your ritual! Isn't the Moon Drop extremely magical?"
Leo asked rhetorically, "Don't be stupid, you must know that we have been shining under this purple moonlight for three years, if there is a so-called curse, why don't we have any problems?"
Gray was stunned, it was.
"So let's hurry up and find a way to destroy the moon!" Natsu shouted impatiently.
Harpy said, "Natsu, you're so persistent!"
"Okay, let's go. Elusa nodded and headed towards the village.
"Eh, Elusa, what are you going to do?" asked Lucy.
"It's a mission that I accepted against the rules, but since I accepted the mission, I must do my best to complete it!" the fairy queen looked serious, "Although the problem of Deliora has been solved, the task cannot be considered solved, so let's go back to the village and take a look." ”
So the two waves of people split up - Leo, who was causing a lot of trouble on the island, thought it would be better not to meet the villagers.
Back in the village, Natsu and the others were surprised to find that the village that had been destroyed had become as good as it had been! It was a real restoration, not a reconstruction, but a look as if it had been destroyed yesterday and no longer existed!
…… It's like stepping back in time!
But after waiting for the joy to be happy, everyone soon found out that the villagers were still in the form of demons.
After confirmation, Lucy and Gray had to admit that the curse issue itself was not resolved.
Don't...... Do you really have to destroy the moon? The two looked at each other, turning their heads to look at Natsu. Sure enough, he was looking at the moon in the sky with a thoughtful look. It seems that they are thinking of ways to destroy the moon.
The villagers also panicked, believing that their curse looked hopeless.
Elusa remained calm, standing aside and closing her eyes in contemplation for a moment before she opened her eyes and stepped out of the crowd.
"Rest assured, since our Fairy Tail has taken over this task, it will definitely be completed!" Elusa's firm tone calmed the villagers, "Okay, since I wasn't in charge of this mission in the first place, I need to confirm some information now." ”
When she became serious, Elusa's eyes were sharp, and people didn't dare to look at her.
"Mr. Village Chief, you started experiencing curses three years ago, right?" she asked the Village Chief.
"That's right!"
"It was when Leo and the others came to the island to start the ritual, so the curse must have something to do with them. Elusa asked, "Haven't you investigated such a group of people who have come to the island and stayed for so long?"
The villagers hesitated and hesitated for a while before the village chief sighed and told the truth. Indeed, after discovering the problem, the village was also suspicious of those outsiders, and more than once organized a manual search of the island. However, the villagers were never able to get close to the temple area in the middle of the island, and whoever tried to get close to it would become delirious, and when they regained consciousness, they found that they had returned the way they came. As a result, no one has ever been able to reach their destination, let alone search, and outsiders have never been in contact with the villagers, so the matter has been delayed until now.
"Because such a thing is so incredible, I'm afraid no one will believe it, so we didn't tell you before. A villager said.
Natsu wondered, "No, it's easy to get there, right?
Lucy speculated, "Could this be the cause of the curse?"
Gray also frowned: "It's really a little strange, but for the magician, this is not a too weird situation, there must be some reason." ”
Elusa said "That's true," she said, "In other words, no one in the village can get close to the temple area, right?
"......No," the village chief hesitated, "it seems that there was a similar saying in the legend of the village a long time ago, that people should not go near that area......"
"I see. Elusa nodded.
"Have you figured out a solution?" Elusa!" Gray asked.
The village chief urged impatiently, "So when are you going to start destroying the moon?"
"It's impossible!" even the villagers complained in unison.
Elusa looked at the purple moon in the sky with confidence, and beckoned, "Natsu, come with me to destroy this moon!"
"Huh?!!" Lucy Gray looked at Elusa dumbfounded, could it be that Elusa was the same as Natsu?
The villagers, except for the village chief, were also shocked.
Natsu didn't hesitate in the slightest, and readily agreed, as if what he and Elusa were going to destroy was just an ordinary stone.
However, even Natsu still understands the fact that "he can't hit the moon", so he is eager to try it while asking Elusa, "What do I need to do to destroy the moon?"
As Elusa walked steadily, her magic power slowly unleashed, and the crimson magic array that belonged to her alone soaked her body, and when the light dimmed, she had already changed her outfit.
It was the first time Lucy had seen Elusa change her outfit in a non-combat state, and she naturally didn't recognize the armor she had changed, but this different form of dressing still made her feel Elusa's unique charm: although she was not in a hurry in terms of speed, she looked extraordinarily stocky and steady, showing the majestic atmosphere of an S-class magician.
At this time, Elusa was wearing a rare set of heavy armor, covered in thick brass armor all over her body, even with armor on her hands. Under the backdrop of this set of armor, the limbs appear extraordinarily thick and powerful, and the light of it gives people a strong sense of strength.
Stretching out her right hand, Elusa pulled out a thick throwing spear out of thin air. Standing with a gun in one hand, majestic.
Nazgray and Harpy, the three people who were very familiar with Elusa, were all impressed by Elusa's costume magic show. However, even Natsu hadn't seen this armor before - after all, Elusa had too much armor.
"This is the 'Giant's Armor' that can greatly increase the power of the throw. Elusa explained to the group, "And this ......," she turned to look at the spear in her right hand, "This is the Spear of Evil Destroyer, a weapon to be used with the Giant's Armor." ”
Seeing Elusa's serious appearance, Gray couldn't help but say, "Hey, hey, hey, there's no mistake, is there? Elusa looks serious, is she really going to destroy the moon?"
Harpy spread his hands and said, "This is Elusa!"
Lucy complained: "Even if it's Elusa, it's impossible to destroy the moon or something!"
Elusa looked at Natsu again, "But the strength of me and the armor alone is still a little insufficient, so I need your help Natsu to bombard the tail of the gun with all my strength when I throw it to increase its power." ”
"Okay! leave it to me!" Natsu said excitedly, his fists striking his chest in a few sparks.
Then the two climbed to the highest point of the village, the lookout.
Lucy shouted below, "If you want to find a high place, wouldn't it be better to go to that pyramid?"
"It doesn't have to be that high, and the villagers can't go there, can they?" replied Elusa.
With that, Elusa moved her right foot back and raised her throwing gun in a projectile motion. Everyone below fell silent, holding their breath and looking up.
"Natsu! ready!" Elusa shouted, her feet twisted, she raised her throwing gun, leaned back with all her strength at her waist, and her whole body was like a fully drawn bow, ready to go!
"Up!" Elusa ordered, throwing the Spear of Evil with all her might.
Hearing the order, Natsu, who had already accumulated firepower, did not hesitate to punch the tail of the gun. Although there was no prior drill, Natsu, who has always been nervous, has a far more intuitive instinct when it comes to combat. So Natsu grasped the blow just right, and the full force of the "Iron Fist of the Fire Dragon" was injected into the gun without any waste. Under the inhuman power of the two men, the thatched roof of the lookout and the surrounding railing were swept apart by the turbulence of the air brought up by the throw.
After the Evil Destroying Spear was shot, the golden red Dragon Flame erupted backwards from the body of the spear, forming a powerful counter-thrust, and the huge Evil Destroying Spear was like being pushed by an invisible hand, and the speed was even faster. After stirring up a shockwave, the Spear of Destroying Evil flew higher and higher with a huge roar, gradually shrinking in the eyes of the people, until it turned into a small black dot against the background of the purple moon.
People's eyes followed the black dot farther and farther away, almost creating the illusion that "maybe it can really reach the moon".
Just when people were almost unable to see the black dot, they suddenly saw a little light flashing in the center of the moon, and then, with it as the center, several cracks spread out, just like the scene when the glass was broken!
The eyes of those watching below were about to pop out, and they were stunned to see the situation in the heavens that was completely beyond their understanding.
"Unexpectedly...... Actually put the moon ...... It's broken!"
However, before everyone could recover from the shock, the rift in the moon continued to widen, even beyond the confines of the moon.
Lucy and Gray were stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted - this was not breaking the moon!
The rift expanded faster and faster, quickly occupying half of the sky, and with a crisp cracking sound, the "sky" cracked.
The shattered canopy of heaven turned into a puff of purple crystals and fell one after another.
After that, everyone felt that the atmosphere on the island was much more refreshing, as if the viscous and dense gas that had been breathing all the time had suddenly returned to normal air, which was refreshing.
Looking up at the sky again, the moon was still there, but it had returned to its normal silvery white.
Elusa smiled with satisfaction and explained, "See, it's not the moon that's in problem, and in fact there is no magic effect that has the power to change the moon, in fact, it's just a by-product of the process of condensing the moon drops - a kind of evil crystal, which condensed into a purple transparent cover over the island, making the moon look purple." And the curse here is also caused by the crystallization of this evil qi. ”
"I see!" Lucy suddenly realized, "No wonder Elusa has the confidence to destroy the moon, it turns out that it is only to break the crystalline cover!"
Shining in the normal moonlight, the villagers cheered and jumped.
But Lucy still noticed that something was wrong: "Why haven't you changed back yet?" She looked around at the villagers and saw that they still had the appearance of demons.
The villagers also noticed this, but this time they didn't panic, but they all held their heads and thought about something as if they had a headache.
"I think everyone remembers something by now, right?" Elusa remained calm, not the slightest fear that the mission might fail.
“…… Truly...... Sure enough, I remembered......" replied one of the villagers.
"Original...... That's right......" said another villager.
"What's going on?" Lucy suddenly felt a little creepy.
"The curse has been lifted. Elusa affirmed.
"But, they still ......," Gray asked, gesturing to the villagers.
"Because that's what they are!" said Elusa, "and instead of altering the villagers' bodies, the curse of evil has tampered with their memories to make them think they were originally human. ”
Lucy was left in a cold sweat: "So...... They ......"
"It's the demons. Elusa nodded.
Lucy shuddered all over her body for a whole day with a group of real demons!
"That's right......," said the village chief, "we are one of the few demons living in the human world, and we are very troubled by this terrible appearance, and are feared by the people of the outside world......
"That's why people call this island 'Alcatraz'?" said Elusa.
"Because of the appearance of inferiority, we will think that the appearance of human beings is the original appearance under the influence of the curse. ”
"Speaking of Elusa, you have long expected the situation of the villagers on the island, right?" asked Lucy on the way back.
Elusa said, "Indeed, I have heard the legend of Alcatraz Island mentioned by the President, but I have never been sure if they are really demons. ”
"It's a pity that the moon hasn't really been destroyed!" Natsu still remembered destroying the moon.
But the other three, even Harpy, don't bother with the saboteur anymore.