"Hmph~ Thirty seconds? You're underestimating me." Usamaru recognized Natsu's magic as Fire Dragon Slayer Magic, and as a fellow Dragon Slayer Mage, he would likely have traits similar to Gajeel.
He positioned his hands with palms out and thrust them forward sharply: "Orange Flame!"
"I'll eat all of that!" Natsu opened his mouth wide, only to be engulfed in flames, tears and snot flowing.
"Ice-Make: Ice Shield!" Gray created a shield to protect himself, "Idiot, why didn't you eat it?"
"So stinky! It's killing me!" Natsu covered his nose and mouth, "It's so disgusting, my nose is going to rot!"
"Haha, that's flame with the taste of dung!"
This means Natsu is now covered in dung? Gray backed away a little disdainfully, as did Hapi.
"Next is my strongest magic..."
Usamaru's left hand formed two fingers, his right five, each a small flame appeared, one red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple.
Hapi took two steps back: "Gray, that move looks strong!"
"I know!" Gray, instead of retreating, rushed forward, "Ice-Make: Battle Axe!"
The large axe swung horizontally, and Usamaru quickly retreated, raising his hands above his head, the seven differently colored flames rapidly expanded, emitting an odd mix of fragrance and stench, heat and cold air in a swirling mess.
Hapi hugged his arms one second, then released them the next: "So cold, no, it's so hot! It's unbearable!"
"This is invincible flame, my secret art — Seven-Colored Flames!"
Like a rainbow, the magnificent flames were launched from Usamaru, carrying an astounding mixture of scorching heat and chilling cold, intending to engulf all three of them.
"The time is almost up! Natsu!" Gray squatted down, pressing his hands on the ground, "Ice-Make: Ice Debt Spring!"
Natsu didn't even look at Gray's move; he stepped on his shoulder and leapt forward.
Before he started falling, ice pillars surged like fountains from the ground, extending forward from Gray's hands.
The farther they went, the taller and bigger the ice pillars became, extinguishing all of Usamaru's Seven-Colored Flames, even forming a larger ice fountain beneath his feet.
"This is... Wow!" Usamaru's feet were frozen, and then he was lifted into the air entirely.
By now Natsu had used the ice pillars as stairs, sprinting up rapidly, leaping strongly at the last step.
Natsu's whole body erupted in blazing flames, crashing head first into Usamaru: "Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!"
"It's useless, fire can't...!" Usamaru was horrified, "What, can't control it!"
"Don't even think about... controlling my flame!!!"
Natsu, like a fiery comet, head-butted Usamaru, igniting him too, crashing heavily into the magic crystal behind.
Boom!
Usamaru rolled his eyes back, and cracks appeared on the magic crystal, finally shattering into countless pieces.
"We did it!" Hapi cheered, flying to catch Natsu.
Gray smiled, transmitting a message to Rhode: "It's done!"
"Excellent, all personnel above get ready for impact! Countdown 10 seconds! 9, 8, 7..."
"Ahaha..." Natsu chuckled foolishly, "Nice job, Gray."
"Still have the nerve to talk, knowing the opponent can control flames, why not just punch him? Are you an idiot?"
"What are you saying? No one can control my flames!"
Gray pointed to his face: "Oh? You're saying here you wanted to hit?"
"So what, I've wanted to hit you for a long time."
"You bastard..."
Their foreheads bumped together, seeming to spark lightning from their eyes.
Hapi spread his hands, sighed, if one of them were a girl he'd say 'something's going on here'.
Rumble!
Once Rhode's countdown ended, the ground immediately shook, not only shaking but the entire building of Ghost began to tilt.
After losing two legs on one side, 'Walker' couldn't maintain balance anymore.
Gray looked at the magic crystal fragments starting to roll down and reminded: "Staying here is not good, we have to leave quickly! Na..."
"Ugh..." Natsu covered his mouth, his face turning pale, "It's, it's moving!"
Gray covered his face: "Always causing trouble!"
He lifted Natsu, running fast towards the exit, grabbing the unconscious Usamaru along the way.
...
"Not good, President Joseph! Gajeel was taken out!"
"What did you say?" Joseph couldn't believe it, "By those brats from Fairy Tail?"
"Apparently, they ran into the Demon and the Fairy Queen when handling the purple monster!"
"..." Joseph was speechless, was he that unlucky? Encountering the two strongest at once?
"President Joseph, the Jupiter loading was interrupted, seems like someone destroyed it from the inside, so Usamaru probably also..."
No need for him to say, as a red magic crystal in the control room had gone out. Joseph's expression turned even worse: "Those damn brats..."
The ground tremor came, the control room also began to tilt.
"Damn it, another one's gone?" Joseph swung his hand abruptly, "Quickly activate the emergency balance system, switch to fixed mode!"
"Yes!"
Originally it could transform into a Super Magical Giant, but the transformation required support from the four legs at the back, and in this situation, it's impossible to transform.
Stably landing without smashing the guild to pieces would already be good enough.
To accommodate transformation, Ghost's important rooms were equipped with powerful balance systems, even if the guild flipped ninety degrees, those rooms could adjust accordingly.
The control room, naturally, was one of such rooms.
In addition, thick tubes extended from where the two mechanical legs broke off, projecting flame-like light downwards, working with the retraction of the other four mechanical legs to slow the descent of the structure above as much as possible.
"This is practically black technology." Rhode had already retreated a distance to avoid the mechanical leg debris.
Originally, he prepared Beaked Birds to prevent fall damage for Kana, Elfman, and Loki, but now it seemed unnecessary.
So it's also a good thing.
Rhode shouted towards the rear troops: "Final assault troops, be ready, everyone prepare for battle!"
"Oh!!!"
"Been waiting for this!"
"Take down Ghost!"
Innocent Wolian fiddled with his ear: "Stop shouting together, it's noisy!"
"Shut up, your voice is the loudest!"
Rhode tapped his forehead, these people are so annoying.
Rumble~~
Even with the emergency system assisting in the descent, the colossal castle-like building of Ghost still caused the surrounding ground to tremble violently upon landing.
Inside the building, the situation was more severe, those towering structures swayed left and right, visibly shaking from Rhode's perspective.
But then another cloud of thick dust rose, as if veiling the sky.
Except for those in important cabins, everyone above toppled over again.
Even Elfman and the others couldn't stand steady, complaining that they should have flown away earlier.
Gray, carrying two people, fell flat on the floor, tossing Natsu and Usamaru away.
Natsu didn't seem hurt, still occupied with nausea.
The tremor gradually subsided, Void Worms had already approached nearby, Rhode clenched his fist, the final moment was about to arrive:
"Mobile team, gather near me, assault team temporarily fall back, final assault troops..."
"Charge!"