Magic Council!
"Your plan seems to have failed."
Ultear, with her long black hair and dressed in white, reported to the man in white clothes in front of her.
The man had short, wavy blue hair and a tattoo under his right eye.
This man was none other than Jellal.
To be precise, it was Jellal's Thought Projection lurking, undercover in the Council… Siegrain.
Although Ultear didn't say much, Jellal knew that the failed plan Ultear referred to was the plan to capture Erza.
"I never had high hopes for those guys in the first place!"
Jellal said indifferently, then a curve appeared at the corner of his mouth as he continued: "The important thing is the plan here. As long as the Etherion strikes, everything will be over!"
"Finally coming to an end, huh?"
Ultear glanced around, as if bidding farewell to this place.
"By the way, Siegrain-sama, that mage I mentioned last time has joined Fairy Tail."
"You mean the man who, like you, can use the Arc of Time magic?"
"Yes!"
After getting Ultear's confirmation, an interested expression appeared on Jellal's face: "Fairy Tail, huh? That's really interesting. I'd really like to face him and see if he's as strong as you say!"
Ultear echoed, agreed: "After the plan succeeds, Siegrain-sama, you will surely get your wish!"
While Jellal and Ultear were talking, a Council staff member walked over and reminded Jellal: "Siegrain-sama, the meeting is about to begin."
Hearing this, Jellal immediately stood up, a gleam shining in his eyes: 'Nothing can stop me now!'
With that, Jellal walked out of the room.
And Ultear, following behind Jellal, curled her lips into a barely noticeable curve.
…
While the Council Meeting was underway, Kenichi, Natsu, and the group were on a ship heading towards the Tower of Heaven where Jellal's main body was located.
"Look, that's the Tower of Heaven!"
Simon pointed at a tall tower standing on the water ahead and said to everyone.
Hearing Simon's words, Kenichi, Erza, and the others all looked up.
"So this is the Tower of Heaven?"
Kenichi looked at the tower and immediately activated his Sensory Magic.
Soon, a large number of magical power reactions appeared in Kenichi's perception.
"The Tower of Heaven... it was really built?"
Erza, in her silver-white armor, looked at the tower-like structure, her brows furrowing.
"Sis, if we go any further, we'll enter the Tower of Heaven's attack range!"
"If we approach by ship like this, we'll definitely become sitting ducks!"
As the ship continuously approached the Tower of Heaven, Sho, who had been released from the different dimension by Kenichi, immediately reminded Erza.
Clearly, Sho had also learned the truth about Jellal deceiving them from Simon and Milliana.
Now, like Milliana, he only wanted to settle the score with Jellal.
"Then what should we do? Should we swim underwater?"
Gray observed the surroundings and then suggested.
At this moment, Kenichi stood up and said: "We can just walk over."
"Walk? But there's no path here!"
The cat girl Milliana looked at Kenichi and said.
Kenichi didn't immediately answer Milliana. He spread his palm and plunged it into the water beneath the ship.
Bzzzt-
The next second, a piercing cold air spread out in all directions from Kenichi's palm like ripples.
The water surface for thousands of meters around was instantly frozen.
"Now there's a path!"
Kenichi responded to Milliana, then stepped onto the thick ice and directly advanced towards the Tower of Heaven.
Looking at Kenichi's retreating back, Lucy, Milliana, and the others were all dumbfounded, stunned, the shock in their hearts taking a long time to settle.
"So awesome!!"
"Too awesome! He actually froze this entire area in an instant!"
Sho scanned the frozen area around them and exclaimed in admiration.
'Not just Spatial Magic, but even his Ice Magic is so powerful... Kenichi, just who are you...?'
Erza, standing up from the ship, looked at Kenichi's back ahead, her eyes flickering as she thought to herself.
"Natsu, get up quickly, we're here!"
Happy pushed Natsu, who was lying like a lump of mud.
Hearing Happy's words, the pale Natsu struggled to open his eyes.
When he saw the surroundings were frozen, he instantly recovered from his seasickness, fully revived.
"So awesome! Did Kenichi do this?"
As he spoke, Natsu jumped onto the ice and stomped on it a few times.
"Natsu, what are you doing?"
Seeing Natsu's dangerous action, move, Lucy asked.
"I'm testing if this ice is solid enough!"
Bang-
As soon as Natsu finished speaking, Lucy punched him.
"Last time on Galuna Island, it was you who caused us to fall through that dilapidated palace!"
Lucy scolded him angrily.
When Kenichi, Natsu, and the group got within a certain distance of the Tower of Heaven, the guards on the tower noticed them.
Those guards, without a word, directly launched an attack on Kenichi's group.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
Facing the guards' attacks, Natsu took a deep breath and directly used [Fire Dragon's Roar].
Gray beside him wasn't to be outdone either. He punched his palm, and a huge magic circle appeared in front of him.
"Ice-Make: Ice Hammer"
A giant ice hammer and a cluster of violent flames charged directly towards the guards.
Ah! Ah! Ah!-
At that moment, the guards screamed repeatedly.
"Oh~ So awesome, Sis! Are all the mages in your guild this strong?"
Seeing Natsu and Gray send all those guards flying, Sho said.
At the same time, the system's mechanical prompt sounded in Kenichi's mind.
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Magic Power attribute +6!]
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Magic Power attribute +5!]