At this moment, Lucy looked at Kenichi and Kagura as if she had thought of something: "Always wanted to meet... Could it be that this girl..."
And Erza also hurriedly asked: "Millianna, what do you mean by 'always wanted to meet'?"
"Ara? Erza, why are you so nervous? Could it be you're jealous?"
Millianna asked in a teasing tone.
"Je... Jealous? How could that be? I'm just curious!"
"Yes, curious!"
Erza's pretty face flushed slightly, but she tried her best to remain calm.
"Really?"
"Of course it's true!"
"Fine, I'll stop teasing you. Let me formally introduce you again!"
Millianna stepped back to stand beside Kagura and continued: "This is Kagura Mikazuchi, Simon's sister!"
'Simon's sister?'
As soon as Millianna said this, an image of the bandana-wearing Simon appeared in Lucy's mind. Her gaze fell on Kagura, and she said with an incredulous expression: "That person's sister? They look nothing alike!"
Erza also said with a surprised expression: "So you're Simon's sister!"
"Hehe!"
Seeing Erza's surprised look, Millianna showed a victorious smile, then turned to Kenichi and said: "After Kagura learned that Kenichi defeated Jellal and saved her brother, she's always wanted to meet you, this genius mage!"
Although Kagura appeared ice-cold, she was still a girl… a 16-year-old girl.
Hearing Millianna say 'always wanted to meet you' right in front of Kenichi, first one way, then another.
Even Kagura, her usually stern and unsmiling face, showed a trace of shyness.
Of course, this expression was fleeting, and soon she gracefully and openly introduced herself to Kenichi:
"I am Kagura Mikazuchi. Pleased to meet you."
"Kenichi."
And at this time, after hearing Millianna's explanation, Erza also breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
But then, Kagura's gaze fell on Erza again, and the hand holding her sword tightened slightly.
"I also very much wanted to meet you, Titania."
After Kenichi noticed Kagura's sword-gripping motion, he understood something.
Kagura, although she seemed steady and composed, right now, she was, after all, just a 16-year-old girl.
Holding the title of the strongest mage in Mermaid Heel, and now encountering the famous Titania from Fairy Tail, she more or less felt the desire to compete with Erza.
"What, what? Why is there a strange atmosphere? Is it because of Kenichi?"
Lucy, seeing the unusual atmosphere between Kagura and Erza, was full of curiosity.
Kenichi, however, changed the subject: "Since everyone is here, let's start working on the mission!"
Hearing Kenichi's words, Kagura and Erza finally shifted their intertwined gazes away from each other.
"We've already met the client. Now we just need to go to the outskirts of the city and eliminate the monsters gathered there."
Kagura looked up at Kenichi's face and said.
"No other requirements?"
"None."
"Then let's go!"
As they spoke, Kenichi, Erza, Kagura, and the others headed straight for the edge of Ruben Karu City.
When they reached the city exit, they saw many soldiers stationed by the city gate.
Moreover, rows of wire barricades were placed in front of the gate.
"We are the mages commissioned for the job!"
After Erza stepped forward and identified themselves, the soldiers, who looked somewhat weary, were overjoyed.
"You've finally arrived!"
"Those monsters are all gathered in the forest not far outside the city. Be careful, there are quite a number of them!"
After the exchange, Kenichi, Erza, and the others left the city.
Before Kenichi, Lucy, and the others could even get close to the forest, a huge monster charged at them.
Seeing the monster charge, Lucy was startled.
But just then, Kagura flashed forward to meet the monster.
She swung the sheathed sword in her hand.
A flash of sword light passed.
Swoosh-
The huge monster, before it could even land, was split in two mid-air.
"As expected of Kagura, truly amazing!"
Seeing Kagura take care of the monster, Millianna exclaimed excitedly.
And Erza also secretly praised in her heart: "Indeed powerful. To have such force without even drawing the sword!"
As Erza was thinking this, Kagura turned to look at Kenichi.
Seeing no change in expression on Kenichi's face, a flicker of disappointment passed through Kagura's eyes.
Soon, the group arrived at a deep valley within the forest.
When they saw the valley densely packed with a large number of monsters, Lucy was shocked: "There are so many?!"
While Lucy was shocked and fearful, Kagura didn't hesitate at all. She moved her feet, and her graceful figure leaped directly down into the deep valley.
"Just like that?"
Lucy was startled to see Kagura jump down directly.
And soon, Erza also jumped down into the deep valley.
After Kagura and Erza landed, the monsters in the valley swarmed to attack them.
But neither Kagura nor Erza showed any fear.
Kagura swung the sword in her hand.
Unsheathing Stance!
Whoosh-
Instantly, a purple sword light, as if cleaving the world apart, slaughtered all the monsters charging at her.
Not to be outdone, Erza directly activated her magical power.
"Requip!"
In the next moment, a dazzling light bloomed from Erza's body.
After the light faded, the silver-white armor on Erza's body transformed into the Heaven's Wheel Armor.
Clad in the Heaven's Wheel Armor, Erza hovered in mid-air, with numerous sword blades floating behind her, like an angel descending.
Heaven's Wheel: Scattered Sword
As Erza swung the long sword in her hand, all the floating sword blades behind her emitted a light.
Immediately after, like falling rain, they swept towards the swarming monsters.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh-
For a moment, a large number of monsters were eliminated by Erza.
"Kagura, Erza, you're both really strong! I can't fall behind either!"
Millianna, standing on the cliff edge, exclaimed in admiration, then also jumped down.
While falling, Millianna swung the whip in her hand, lashing out directly at a huge monster.
"Let's go down too!"
Kenichi called out to Wendy and Lucy beside him, then jumped directly down into the deep valley below.
The moment Kenichi landed, Kagura over there raised her Enchanted Sword towards the sky.
Bzzzt-
In the next second, a huge magic circle appeared in the sky.
After this huge magic circle appeared, the monsters surrounding and charging at Kagura instantly crashed to the ground.
Moreover, the monsters that had been charging from the ground were also all pressed flat against the earth.
It was as if a great mountain was pressing down on them, preventing them from standing up.
'This is... Kagura's Gravity Magic!'
Witnessing this scene, Kenichi's eyes immediately lit up, and he was overjoyed.