Top floor of the Tower of Heaven!
On the golden, magnificent hall stood a throne.
At this moment, a man in black robes was seated on that throne.
This man was none other than Jellal himself.
"Jellal-sama, that traitor Erza has brought a group of Fairy Tail mages and is killing her way here!"
A long-haired man hurried over and reported to Jellal on the throne.
Hearing this, Jellal slowly raised his head, revealing his charming, yet sinister face.
"Erza, how interesting. I never thought she would deliver herself to me!"
A curve appeared at the corner of Jellal's mouth, then he said to the long-haired man before him: "Give the order, let Erza and the others in."
'Let Erza in?'
Hearing Jellal's words, the long-haired man looked puzzled.
"Jellal-sama, with your magical power, eliminating Erza and the others should be extremely easy. Why let them in?"
"This world is too boring. Consider this a game!"
After the long-haired man left the hall, a cat-playing-with-mice expression appeared on Jellal's face.
"Fairy Tail... I wonder who will be the first to appear before me?"
While Jellal was speaking, Kenichi, Erza, Natsu, and the group had already entered the interior of the Tower of Heaven.
However, the inside of the Tower of Heaven was much larger than it appeared from the outside, with branching paths every short distance.
After just a few branches, Natsu was getting impatient.
"Happy, let's charge straight to the top!"
"Aye!"
After hearing Natsu's words, a pair of white wings grew from Happy's back, and then he flew towards the tower top with Natsu.
"We're going ahead! I'll be the one to defeat Jellal!"
While flying, Natsu shouted excitedly to Kenichi, Erza, and the others.
"Natsu, Jellal is not an opponent you can defeat alone!"
Erza immediately shouted at Natsu.
But Natsu acted as if he didn't hear Erza's words, his figure not slowing down at all.
However, just as Natsu and Happy were about to reach the tower top, a creature resembling an owl descended from above and knocked Natsu and Happy down.
"Jellal-sama said this is a game. Everyone must follow the game rules!"
After Natsu fell to the level below, he looked up at the person who had attacked him.
When Natsu clearly saw the person before him, he exclaimed in surprise: "The owl is talking!"
"I am the warrior of justice, Fukuro!"
The creature with a human body and an owl's head tilted its head and introduced itself to Natsu.
"I don't care who you are! Don't get in my way!"
"I'm going to defeat Jellal!"
Hearing Natsu's words, a ferocious gleam appeared in Fukuro's eyes.
"Defeat Jellal-sama?"
"Whether you can even leave here alive is still uncertain!"
With that, Fukuro launched an attack on Natsu.
Seeing Fukuro attack, Natsu showed no fear.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
After activating his Dragon Slayer Magic, Natsu engaged in a fierce battle with Fukuro.
At the same time, Kenichi, Erza, and the group, led by Simon and the others, hurried towards the tower top.
But just as everyone turned a corner, the sound of a guitar suddenly came through the air.
"This sound is..."
The moment they heard this guitar sound, the faces of Simon, Milliana, and the others changed dramatically.
"It's Vidaldus Taka from the Trinity Raven! That guy is strong!"
"Before meeting Jellal, try not to fight him and waste magical power!"
After saying this, Simon prepared to lead everyone around.
But before Simon and the others could get far, a figure suddenly descended from above, blocking their path.
"Found you!"
A man with hair so long it touched the ground and holding a guitar said to Kenichi, Erza, and the group.
Clearly, this person was the Vivaldus Simon mentioned.
"This is a game!"
"I wonder if you can leave here alive!"
Vivaldus played the guitar in his hand while speaking.
As soon as his words fell, the hair behind him, as if alive, swept towards Kenichi's group in overwhelming numbers.
Before Kenichi could act, Gray flashed in front of everyone.
"Ice-Make: Ice Hammer!"
Gray clenched one fist and slammed it into his other palm.
The next second, a giant ice hammer charged directly towards the hair.
Rip-
But the moment the ice hammer and the hair collided, the hair, like hard spears, shattered the ice hammer into pieces.
"What?"
Seeing his magic actually ineffective, Gray was shocked.
"Too weak, too weak!"
After defeating Gray's magic, Vivaldus proudly played his guitar.
At the same time, the hair that had shattered the ice hammer didn't pause at all and continued charging towards Kenichi and Erza.
"The Trinity Raven are too strong!"
Milliana, seeing that Gray's Ice Magic couldn't block Vivaldus's attack, said with a frightened expression.
But just as Milliana prepared to block the oncoming hair, Kenichi had already used his Ice Magic.
Bzzzt-
As the Ice Magic was used, a cold air instantly swept through the entire corridor.
The charging hair over there was the first to be frozen.
Immediately after, Vivaldus, holding the guitar, was also frozen into an ice sculpture.
And the entire corridor became as cold as a freezer.
"Now's our chance!"
At this point, Erza and the others didn't have the mood to marvel at Kenichi's strength.
Seeing Vivaldus frozen, she didn't hesitate and directly rushed down the corridor.
After collecting the Magic Power attributes dropped by the system, Kenichi also chased after them.
"Hmm?"
Erza, rushing at the front, soon saw a woman in white clothes blocking the way ahead.
The woman had cherry-blossom-colored long hair, held a long sword, and stood gracefully.
"It's the leader of the Trinity Raven, Ikaruga!"
Simon, following behind Erza, looked at the cherry-blossom-haired woman and immediately warned.
"To think you could defeat Vivaldus. You do have some skill."
Ikaruga said lazily, then suddenly swung the long sword in her hand.
Whoosh-
The next second, sword beams, as if tearing through space, swept directly towards Kenichi and the others.
Clang! Clang! Clang!-
Erza didn't hesitate and immediately swung the sword in her hand, blocking all the sword beams.
"Requi..."
But just as Erza was about to activate her Requip Magic, Lucy beside her urgently stopped her.
"You can't!"
As she spoke, Lucy looked at Kenichi with a strange expression.
And Erza also remembered that with Kenichi here, her Requip Magic simply couldn't be used.
"I'll leave this to you. I'm going ahead!"
Kenichi said to Erza, Lucy, and the others, then moved his feet and charged directly towards Ikaruga.
"Trying to leave?"
Seeing Kenichi charge at her, Ikaruga violently swung the long sword in her hand.
Whoosh-
Instantly, a sword beam slashed towards Kenichi.
However, just as the sword beam was about to hit Kenichi, he had already activated Spatial Magic. Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, he vanished into thin air.