By the time Erza, Wendy, and the others entered the capital of Edolas, Kenichi and Gajeel had already infiltrated the royal palace.
"This man killed the King! Seize him!"
Not long after Kenichi entered the palace, the Chief of Staff of the Royal Army led a group of soldiers to surround him.
With the Chief of Staff's order, the soldiers launched an attack against Kenichi and Gajeel.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh-
A large number of magical bullets shot towards Kenichi.
But all those bullets passed right through Kenichi's body.
"We can't hit him?!"
The Royal Army's soldiers were shocked to see their attacks were ineffective against Kenichi.
Although these bullets were useless against Kenichi, they were effective against Gajeel.
While dodging the bullets, Gajeel continuously launched counterattacks against the Royal Army soldiers.
"Iron Dragon's Club!"
Gajeel kicked out, his leg instantly turning into steel and extending.
Boom-
In the blink of an eye, Gajeel's steel leg slammed into the ground.
With a loud roar, the ground cracked.
Then, Gajeel swept his leg horizontally, sending the Royal Army's soldiers flying amidst screams.
"Damn it!"
Seeing the soldiers were completely useless, the Chief of Staff's face twisted in anger.
He gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath, then launched an attack against Kenichi.
"Storm Liquid!"
The Chief of Staff pointed his magical tool at Kenichi in the air. The next second, a stream of liquid surged out, quickly transforming into a tornado that swept towards Kenichi.
Whoosh-
As the storm approached Kenichi, it veered off course due to spatial distortion, passing around the spot where Kenichi stood.
"What's going on?"
Witnessing this scene, the Chief of Staff's eyes narrowed.
"Scorching Liquid!"
Without overthinking, the Chief of Staff attacked Kenichi again as he kept walking forward.
But the result was the same as before, and the magical attack passed right through Kenichi's body.
'I can't hit him... What in the world is...'
If once was a coincidence, twice was definitely not that simple.
Seeing his attacks couldn't hit Kenichi, and Kenichi kept getting closer, the Chief of Staff panicked. He involuntarily took half a step back.
When Kenichi walked right up to the Chief of Staff, he made a grasping motion towards him in the air.
Due to the spatial distortion, the Chief of Staff's clothes tightened around him.
"Tell me, how to permanently stop Anima?"
'Permanently stop Anima?'
Hearing this, the Chief of Staff's face changed dramatically.
The reason this world had magical power was precisely because Anima continuously absorbed it from the surrounding worlds.
If Anima were permanently stopped, wouldn't that mean Edolas would lose its magical power forever?
The Chief of Staff didn't answer Kenichi's question immediately.
Meanwhile, Gajeel had finished dealing with all the soldiers over there.
Soon, he discovered the Vice Chief of Staff hiding to the side.
Although she was the Vice Chief of Staff, she was actually just a little girl about the same age as Wendy.
"How do we stop Anima forever?"
Gajeel questioned the Vice Chief of Staff in a menacing tone.
In the Vice Chief of Staff's eyes, Gajeel looked terrifying to begin with.
Now, speaking in that tone, she was so frightened she fell and sat directly on the ground.
"Leave this matter to me!"
Just as Kenichi was interrogating the Chief of Staff and Gajeel was pressuring the Vice Chief of Staff, a familiar voice suddenly rang out in the hall.
"Mystogan?"
Hearing this, both Kenichi and Gajeel looked towards the source of the voice.
They saw Mystogan, clad in black robes, walking towards them.
The Chief of Staff and Vice Chief of Staff both exclaimed, "Prince?!"
"Mystogan is the Prince?"
Gajeel looked at Mystogan in confusion upon hearing the two staff members.
"The most important thing right now is to stop Anima permanently!"
Mystogan first responded to Gajeel, then turned to Kenichi and asked, "Kenichi, is the Lacrima from Earthland with you?"
Kenichi didn't answer with words, and simply opened his palm.
In the next moment, a light bloomed on his palm.
After the light dissipated, the shrunken Lacrima appeared on Kenichi's palm.
"So the rumors are true. To shrink such a large Lacrima to this extent..."
Mystogan first exclaimed in amazement looking at the shrunken Lacrima in Kenichi's hand, then activated a magic:
"I will now use a reversed Anima to send this Lacrima, along with all the magical power in this world, back to Earthland!"
'Reversed Anima?!'
Hearing Mystogan's words, the two staff members were shocked and immediately warned, "Prince, once the reversed Anima is activated, all the magical power in Edolas will disappear. When that happens, we..."
Before the Chief of Staff could finish, Mystogan interrupted him: "The magical power of Edolas was stolen to begin with, and it's only held by a minority. I want to create a fair world!"
With that, a magic circle appeared in front of Mystogan.
Bzzzt-
Immediately after, a dazzling light surged out from the magic circle.
Seen from outside the palace, a pillar of magical light shot straight into the sky from within the palace, like a rainbow piercing the sun.
Under the impact of this light pillar, a vortex spinning in reverse appeared in the sky above the capital of Edolas.
At this moment, the magical power from all over the Edolas Kingdom converged towards the vortex in the sky.
Simultaneously, the islands that were floating in the sky due to magical power began to crumble and fall.
"What's happening?"
"What's going on?"
Erza's group, who had just landed and were about to enter the palace, were shocked when they saw the light pillar in the sky.
Wendy, looking at the huge vortex in the sky, suddenly remembered something: "That vortex... it appeared over Magnolia Town before!"
"Could it be..."
Prompted by Wendy's words, Erza was startled.
Sure enough, the next moment, Erza, Wendy, Lucy, and Naze all began flying towards the vortex in the sky.
Additionally, Lisanna of the Fairy Tail Guild, Happy and the other Exceeds who inherently possessed magical power within them, also flew towards the sky.
Naturally, Kenichi and Gajeel inside the palace were also affected by this reversed Anima.
Under the watchful eyes of Mystogan and the two staff members, Kenichi and Gajeel flew directly up into the sky.