Chapter 55: What's Wrong With Someone Like Me?
"Brats!"
"War has begun!"
Fairy Tail's declaration of war didn't scare Jose in the slightest. Instead, his eyes gleamed with excitement.
Since Fairy Tail started the war this time, he would make sure to completely annihilate them.
Ever since his conflict with Makarov six years ago, Jose had held a grudge. Phantom Lord was established for the very purpose of opposing Fairy Tail.
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On the second day of the war, Phantom Lord suffered heavy losses. Because Fairy Tail had no branch offices, Phantom Lord's mages couldn't find anywhere to retaliate even if they wanted to.
After the war began, Makarov recalled all the mages who were out on missions back to the guild.
Now, the only ones still outside were the vanguard team members, the Thunder Legion, and a few other powerful mages.
Some Phantom Lord mages, refusing to believe in the heresy, tried to trouble Laxus and Mystogan.
But after a group of mages was instantly wiped out, they decisively abandoned that idea.
That day, in one of Phantom Lord's branches.
Some mages hid nervously inside the guild, afraid to leave, fearing that Fairy Tail mages would suddenly burst in and catch them all.
Suddenly, the guild's main door opened.
A slender figure stood in the doorway.
Dazzling light poured into the guild from behind the figure, elongating their shadow immensely.
As the door opened, the mages inside the guild shuddered, looking towards the figure through the sunlight.
Everyone couldn't help but tremble. Several Phantom Lord branches had been wiped out yesterday.
Was it their turn today?
Just then, someone recognized the person.
"It's one of the Element 4, Lord Aria!"
Someone exclaimed, looking at the slender figure with ecstatic joy.
"What? Lord Aria?"
"Great, Lord Aria is here!"
"With Lord Aria here, we don't need to be afraid of those Fairy Tail people!"
Seeing the person's face clearly, everyone was overjoyed and surged towards Aria.
Surrounding Aria in the center, they looked at him with passionate emotions.
Following behind Aria was a dark crowd of people.
These people were all Phantom Lord mages from various branches.
Because Phantom Lord had many branches, the guild's high-end combat power couldn't be spread out entirely. So Jose concentrated most of the branches together.
Each concentrated branch was guarded by a powerful cadre to prevent being picked off one by one by Fairy Tail.
The not-so-large branch guild was suddenly packed with people, and the entire guild was filled with a heated atmosphere.
The noise echoed in the guild. Because people from other branches had come here, the original members of this branch relaxed.
With Aria's support and mages from other branches, they felt safer huddling together for warmth.
"With Lord Aria and everyone here, if the fairies dare to come, we'll definitely take them down!"
"Lord Aria is the leader of the Element 4!"
Just as everyone was getting carried away with themselves, the guild door was suddenly kicked open.
The heavy door panel flew off, crushing quite a few people directly underneath it.
With a loud bang, everyone instantly became alert, staring at the figure standing in the doorway.
"Someone's here!"
"Damn it, those Fairy Tail bastards actually dared to come to our door!"
"Ah, it hurts!"
The originally calm guild was instantly thrown into chaos. Roars and screams of pain echoed inside.
Dazzling light fell on the back of the person at the door.
For a moment, no one could see the person's face clearly.
"Who goes there!"
Aria stepped forward with a fierce look, staring gloomily at the person at the door.
As the long shadow drew closer, everyone finally saw a handsome, resolute face.
Suddenly, one of them found the face extremely familiar and shouted, "Soul King!!"
"Damn guy, a Fairy Tail bastard actually dared to come here!"
Except for those pinned under the door and injured, the other mages glared at Ren angrily.
The person who shouted "Soul King" suddenly exploded just as his voice fell.
A mist of blood sprayed in the narrow space, spattering onto his companions nearby.
Ren stood with his hands lazily in his pockets, looking calmly at the crowd before him.
Tilting his neck slightly, he grinned at everyone and said, "Don't let me hear that name again!"
"Are you a Fairy Tail S-Class mage?!"
Aria took a step forward, staring at Ren with an iron-green, gloomy face.
"Are you that Element 4 guy?"
Ren kept his hands in his pockets, lazily lifting his eyelids to glance at him, asking calmly.
"That's right. I am the leader of Phantom Lord's Element 4, Aria!"
Aria raised his head proudly, looking straight at Ren.
Then, with a hideous smile, he said, "I didn't expect Gajeel to be injured like that by you. Looking at you, you don't seem that strong."
Aria's gaze held disdain, his face full of contempt for Ren.
"Gajeel, that guy, is really going backward, getting beaten by someone like you."
Looking at Ren's handsome face, Aria subconsciously looked down on Ren.
But just as Aria's voice fell, his arm suddenly exploded.
Turning into a spraying mist of blood.
"Gajeel? His injuries seem a bit more severe than yours."
Ren had a smile on his face, having appeared behind Aria at some unknown moment.
One hand held a severed arm, which he casually tossed aside.
Because Ren's speed was so fast, Aria hadn't even reacted before his arm was torn off by Ren.
When the pain registered, Aria's face became incredibly twisted.
"Ah!!!"
A miserable scream echoed in the guild. The other mages looked at this scene with horror on their faces.
They stared in shock at the blood-soaked figure.
Ren turned around, walking step by step behind Aria, whose face was twisted and hideous from pain.
Kicking him to the ground, Ren placed one foot on his back.
"What did you just say? What's wrong with someone like me?"
In Aria's eyes, Ren's face with its gentle smile was as terrifying as a demon from hell.
The constant severe pain from his arm made Aria lose the ability to think.
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