Watching Kenichi crush Nirvana underfoot, Lucy, Gray, and the others were all dumbfounded, gaping and utterly astonished.
An ancient city the size of a town was actually crushed by Kenichi with a single step.
It was just too absurd, ridiculous, too unbelievable.
In Lucy and Gray's view, if they told others about this, no one would believe it.
But it was a fact.
At this point, Zero, who had fallen down along with Gray and the others, was also immensely shocked.
'To shrink something as huge as Nirvana to such a size in an instant!'
'This guy's magical power is probably even greater than mine...'
Zero looked at Kenichi's back, his expression constantly shifting.
But soon, all the astonishment on his face vanished, replaced by a look of fanaticism.
"Interesting, interesting... this is what makes it interesting!"
"I can no longer suppress the impulse in my heart, I want to destroy you right now!"
Zero shouted loudly, as if gone mad.
Hearing Zero's insane voice, the expressions of Erza, Lucy, and the others all changed.
Earlier, they were only thinking about the Nirvana incident.
For a moment, they had forgotten about Zero.
Now, seeing Zero again, their vigilance was once again raised.
Kenichi naturally also heard Zero's voice.
When Kenichi turned around, he saw Zero's arms moving into a Tai Chi-like posture.
Seeing this posture, Kenichi's expression changed slightly.
"I will destroy all of you!"
Zero said with a distorted face.
"Genesis Zero!"
"Open, the Gate of Wraith Wail!"
The moment Zero brought his arms together, a large number of jet-black ghosts emerged from the ground at his feet.
Under Zero's control, those ghosts pounced towards everyone, as if trying to drag them into the abyss of hell.
"Wh-what is that?!"
Lucy, Erza, Natsu, and the others, seeing those ghosts, all turned pale and felt their hair stand on end.
Jura didn't hesitate at all. He violently swung his joined fingers.
In the next second, rock arms emerged from the ground, throwing punches at the ghosts.
But the ghosts were like illusory entities, and the rock fists passed right through their bodies.
"Can't attack them?"
Seeing Jura's attacks were ineffective, everyone's hearts sank to the bottom.
Zero, however, shouted mockingly: "Souls of the World of Nil, devour everyone!"
Just as those ghosts were about to reach Erza, Lucy, and the others, an incredibly dazzling light erupted from Kenichi's location.
"That is... Fairy Law?"
When Erza and the others saw the light in Kenichi's hands, she felt both shock and joy.
She was shocked that Kenichi could actually use Fairy Law.
She was joyful because Fairy Law was the natural enemy of such dark entities.
"Fairy Law, activate!"
Under the watchful eyes of Erza, Lucy, and the others, the light between Kenichi's palms became extremely dazzling.
The originally dark night became as bright as day at this moment.
This dazzling light engulfed everyone present.
The ghosts, the moment they were touched by this light, instantly vanished into thin air.
At that moment, the forest fell into complete silence.
A few seconds later, the light dissipated, and the land returned to normal.
The ghosts summoned by Zero had completely disappeared.
And Zero himself seemed as if all the blood had been drained from his body… his face was ashen, and he stood motionless in place.
Just as Zero's body was about to fall, Kenichi waved his hand, and a piercing cold air instantly froze Zero solid.
Soon, the ice sculpture fell to the ground.
Ding-
At that moment, the ice sculpture shattered like glass.
Finally, it turned into numerous sparkling ice crystals and vanished into the air.
Vanishing along with the ice crystals was Zero's body.
"His magical power has completely disappeared!"
"It seems he's been thoroughly dealt with!"
Erza looked at the spot where Zero had vanished and said to Kenichi.
"It's finally all over!"
Gray said with a sigh of relief.
While Erza and Gray were talking, Wendy timidly walked up to Kenichi.
Her eyes darted about, her small face full of shyness.
"Wendy!"
Seeing Wendy afraid to speak, Carla came over and said in a stern tone.
Hearing Carla, Wendy finally said to Kenichi: "Um... thank you for saving our guild earlier!"
"If you don't mind, everyone, please come to my guild to rest for a while!"
Hearing Wendy's words, Erza looked at Kenichi, a smile appearing on her face.
Kenichi then said: "Then let's all go together!"
As soon as Kenichi finished speaking, the shyness on Wendy's face instantly vanished, replaced by a flower-like smile.
Then, led by Wendy and Carla, Kenichi, Erza, Jura, and the others arrived at the location of Cait Shelter.
When everyone arrived, the guild master of Cait Shelter had already come out with all the Cait Shelter' members to greet them.
"Everyone!"
Wendy, looking at the crowd from Cait Shelter, immediately ran over to them as if seeing family.
And the people of Cait Shelter also spoke to Wendy gently, as if doting on their own child.
"Well done, Wendy!"
"Wendy, you protected all of us!"
"…"
Hearing everyone's praise, Wendy said somewhat bashfully, "No, I didn't really help much..."
Looking at these Cait Shelter's members before him, Kenichi couldn't help but glance at Wendy over there.
Perhaps even Wendy didn't know-
But the guild master before them…
No, all the people of Cait Shelter present weren't real.
The guild master was a Thought Projection, and the others were created by the guild master using magic.
"I am the guild master of Cait Shelter. Thank you all for helping us deal with Nirvana and fulfilling our final long-cherished wish!"
The aged guild master, standing with his hands behind his back, spoke to Kenichi, Erza, and the others.
"Final long-cherished wish?"
Hearing these words that sounded like a farewell, Erza looked puzzled.
"Ah, the final long-cherished wish..."
Then the guild master explained that Nirvana was actually something created by their race 400 years ago.
"400 years ago? Then..."
Hearing the guild master's words, Lucy got so scared she hid behind Erza.
"Actually, I died long ago."
"Wendy, it's about time to tell you the truth..."
After hearing the guild master's words, Wendy seemed as if her faith had collapsed.
Those people she lived with, laughed with in the past.
They were all illusory.
Watching her companions disappear one by one, the emotions in Wendy's heart finally erupted.