[Dark Rhapsody]
Under Brain's attack, a green pillar of magical energy shot towards the Christina in the sky at an astonishing speed.
At this point, Hibiki inside Christina, detecting the approaching danger, immediately pressed the acceleration button.
Just as the green magical pillar was about to hit Christina, Christina instantly accelerated, avoiding the green pillar.
"Oh?"
Seeing his attack miss, Brain showed a look of surprise, but soon, a curve hooked at the corner of his mouth.
Then, the green magical pillar, as if alive, suddenly turned around and continued charging towards Christina.
"Not good! Christina is going to be hit!"
Before Hibiki could even catch his breath, he realized danger was rapidly approaching.
Erza, Lucy, and the others standing by the window saw the green magical pillar rapidly enlarging in their vision, their expressions extremely grave.
Just then, Kenichi's figure appeared outside Christina as if by instant movement.
Just as Kenichi was about to use [Reflector Magic] to deflect the green magical pillar, Hoteye on the altar suddenly used his magic to make the ground beneath Brain sink.
It was in that instant that the green magical pillar controlled by Brain deviated from its original trajectory, grazing past the bottom of Christina.
Looking at this sudden turn of events, Kenichi raised an eyebrow.
At this moment, Brain on the altar turned to look at Hoteye: "Hoteye, do you know what you're doing?"
"Of course, I'm preventing you from harming innocent people!"
Hoteye, holding a book in his arms, spoke with a passionate expression.
'Innocent people?'
Brain knew Hoteye's personality very well.
The old Hoteye was all about money.
But now, his personality had changed dramatically.
Suddenly, Brain thought of something.
Nirvana!
Nirvana was a magic that could convert light and darkness.
It could make people fall into darkness, and it could also make those deep in darkness return to the light.
Hoteye harbored a trace of goodness, and this trace was amplified by Nirvana.
Thus, Hoteye's personality changed dramatically.
"I see, influenced by Nirvana, huh?"
"In that case, I don't need you anymore!"
Brain looked at Hoteye, a curve forming at the corner of his mouth.
With that, Brain swung his skull staff towards Hoteye.
"Vanish, Dark Capriccio!"
At that moment, a large number of rotating green magical pillars swept towards Hoteye, covering the sky.
Just as the green magical pillars were about to hit Hoteye, Hoteye's figure sank into the ground below.
And those green magical pillars struck the ground where Hoteye had been standing.
Boom-
A loud sound echoed through the air.
"What's going on?"
"Internal conflict?"
At this point, Gray, Lucy, and the others who had disembarked from Christina saw the two Oracion Seis members fighting each other and were all very confused.
Kenichi, Wendy, and Natsu also descended from the sky.
Soon, Hoteye, who had sunk into the ground, emerged from another spot.
"Liquid Ground!"
Hoteye swung his finger towards Brain.
The ground beneath Brain's feet turned into a swamp.
And Brain's body began to sink at a visible rate.
"Hmph!"
As Brain's body sank, a look of disdain appeared on his face.
"Your magic is useless against me!"
With that, Brain swung his skull staff towards the sky.
"Dark Hand!"
A green illusory hand flew out from the skull staff and grabbed onto the ground outside the swamp.
Finally, pulled by this illusory hand, Brain broke free from the swamp.
The moment Brain left the swamp and flew into the sky, Hoteye activated another spell.
"Moving Square!"
Hoteye waved his hand, and a large area of ground beneath Brain instantly softened.
Under Hoteye's control, the softened earth, like waves, crashed down towards Brain below, covering the sky.
Bzzzt-
In just the blink of an eye, Brain's body was engulfed by the softened earth and finally buried underground.
At this point, the softened ground returned to its normal hardness.
Watching the battle between the two Oracion Seis members, Jura, Lyon, and the others didn't know how to handle the situation for the moment.
So they didn't take immediate action.
While Hoteye and Brain were fiercely fighting, a series of system prompts also sounded in Kenichi's mind.
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Magic Power attribute +12]
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Magic Power attribute +15]
[Ding, congratulations Host, obtained Earth Magic attribute!]
'Earth Magic?'
Hearing this system prompt, Kenichi's mind stirred.
This Earth Magic attribute naturally dropped from Hoteye.
[Host, would you like to collect the Earth Magic attribute?]
'Collect!'
With Kenichi's command, the golden attributes on the battlefield over there all converged towards Kenichi.
While Kenichi was collecting attributes, Natsu, seeing Hoteye bury Brain underground, couldn't help but ask, "Did he get him?"
Perhaps Gray and Lucy didn't see it.
But Natsu, who was outside Christina, did see it.
He saw that when Brain attacked Christina, it was Hoteye who intervened to stop Brain.
Although Natsu didn't know why Hoteye was helping them, Natsu still hoped Hoteye would win.
As soon as Natsu finished speaking, a green magical pillar, like a spear, shot up through the ground and charged towards Hoteye.
However, Hoteye's reaction wasn't slow either.
The moment the green magical pillar charged towards him, Hoteye waved his hand, and the earth at his feet rose up, forming a thick wall.
Rip-
But the wall formed from condensed earth was as fragile as paper before the green magical pillar and was pierced through in an instant.
Before Hoteye could make his next move, the green energy pillar struck Hoteye.
"Argh-"
Hoteye let out a scream, then crashed to the ground.
At this point, Brain's body burst out from underground.
"The traitor is finally down. Now it's your turn!"
Brain looked at Kenichi, Erza, and the others before him and spoke with a mocking tone.