Fairy Tail: I'm Not the Most Terrifying Mage

Once Deliora regained consciousness, she looked down and saw Natsu standing out prominently amidst the bursting flames.

It slammed down with its fist!

"Get out of the way, Natsu!" Gray exclaimed in alarm.

"Ah—" Natsu roared, transforming all his magic power into scorching flames!

His comrades stood behind him!

He faced an enemy!

With flames possessing immense destructive power covering his right fist, Natsu unleashed this cool punch—a punch that defied the strong—with the intention of protecting his family!

"The fire dragon—"

"Iron Fist!"

"Hellfire Armor!" Erza, now clad in black armor, leaped up, brandishing her serrated greatsword and slashing fiercely at Deliora.

"Open, Taurus Gate—Talos!"

"Moo-"

Taurus appeared wielding a giant axe, leaped high into the air, and then struck Deliora.

"Cero." Yefrit also raised her gun and shot Deliora.

"You guys are really..." Gray withdrew his Absolute Freeze spell, then drained his magic power and cast Ice Shape spell.

"Ice Style: Lancer!"

‘Boom boom boom’

Even a powerful demon.

Under the combined magical bombardment of everyone.

Deliora finally couldn't hold on any longer.

He took a few steps back and slammed his back against the mountain wall.

"Take the move!"

"Natsu, wait."

Natsu was about to give chase when Erza stopped him, saying, "Something's not right, look."

"what?"

To everyone's surprise, Deliora had developed many cracks on her body.

“Grey, you should understand, right?” At that moment, Yefrit walked up to Grey.

"So that's how it is," Gray said, stunned.

"Awooo—" Deliora let out a dying cry as his body rapidly disintegrated.

"For ten years, Deliora's life has been relentlessly taken away from within the ice of Uru." Leo's composure crumbled, tears welling in his eyes, as he gritted his teeth and said, "We only witnessed the final moment of this demon!"

"I lost. I will never be able to surpass Uru."

"Damn it!"

"Idiot!" Gray gritted his teeth and said, "Just live as Uru expects, defeat the enemy, protect our families, and Uru will be proud of us! Surpassing others is not important at all!"

"I see," Natsu said with a smile. "Gray, your master is incredibly powerful."

“Uru is our role model.” Gray covered his face, tears streaming down his face.

He recalled what Uru had told him, "Grey, I will seal away your darkness!"

"Thank you," Gray said, laughing through his tears. "Master."

Until this moment, the shadow that had been deeply ingrained in Gray's heart for so many years finally dissipated.

Yefriede silently put down the camera; this part was off.

He slowly walked up to Deliora.

This demon is about to die.

“Miko,” Yefrit said calmly, “Let’s hold a funeral.”

'call'

A gentle breeze carrying the scents of earth and flowers blew out from behind him.

Deliora's body was blown away by the wind at an accelerated rate, and his magic returned to nature.

"Yeffrit, what have you done?" Erza noticed Yefrit's unusual behavior.

"It's nothing, just recycling trash," Yefrit replied with a "sincere" smile.

Erza stopped asking questions. She never doubted Yefried's feelings for everyone, so she trusted him completely in important matters—no matter what he did, he wouldn't harm anyone.

Chapter 26, Erza: Is this how you express love, Yefrit?

"The ice of Uru melted into water and flowed into the sea, yet Uru still lives."

"You should get out of this soon and get back on the right track. Don't make Uru and me worry anymore."

"Hmph, you're the junior brother, it's not your place to lecture your senior brother!"

Deliola is dead.

Everything signifies the end.

Leo finally reconciled with his past obsessions. Although he was still arrogant, he recognized his mistakes and made up with Gray.

However, resolving Gray's situation doesn't mean everything is resolved.

"Great! We've completed the S-rank mission!" Natsu jumped up and down with joy.

"Mmm!" Lucy looked at him with admiration beside him. It has to be said that Natsu's last punch to Deliora was absolutely awesome!

"Hmph." Gray leaned against the rock, his expression relaxed and smug.

"Ahem." Yefrit coughed twice as a reminder.

"What are you doing, Yefrit? Don't spoil the fun," Natsu complained.

"Yefrit, you look terrible. Did you use up too much magic?" Lucy asked with concern.

Gray's relaxed smile froze. Compared to Natsu, who had a more composed personality, he had already sensed something was wrong through Yefrit's unusual behavior.

“Natsu.” Happy tugged at Natsu’s sleeve, gesturing for him to look in Erza’s direction.

Natsu and Lucy looked over, and their smug expressions froze instantly!

Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Happy were all sweating profusely.

Yefried lowered his head and remained silent; he didn't want to be caught in the crossfire.

"Yes, the punishment is still waiting for us!" Lucy said, her face breaking down. She covered her face with her hands and let out a silent scream, like the world-famous painting "The Scream".

Erza's face was gloomy.

Everyone's bodies and expressions were stiff.

“Before that, there are other things to do. The task isn’t to defeat Deliora,” Erza said.

"That's right!" Lucy remembered, "We need to save the villagers who have turned into demons!"

“However,” she then asked doubtfully, “Deliora is dead, so the village’s curse should have been lifted, right?”

“Lucy, these two things aren’t really related,” Yefrit reminded her.

"What exactly happened?" Lucy asked, puzzled.

“I think I understand,” Erza said. “Let’s go back to the village and verify it.”

Although she didn't look well, she still asked with concern, "Are you all still able to move around?"

“No problem.” Natsu was full of energy.

"I'm fine," Gray nodded.

“Love!” Habby answered decisively.

"I'm tired, but I'm fine!" Lucy rubbed her calves; her muscles were very sore.

“Lucy, don’t push yourself,” Yefrit said.

"Huh?" Lucy exclaimed hastily, "No, I didn't!"

"If you force yourself to keep walking even when you're tired, you might end up making your calves very thick," Yefrit advised earnestly.

"Huh? Really?!" Lucy was startled; she definitely didn't want her calves to get thicker!

“Or become all muscular, like Natsu,” Yefrit added.

"No way!" Lucy shouted in protest.

“So what if I become like this?” Natsu said, dissatisfied.

He looked at his calves over and over, impressed by their combination of explosive power and endurance.

“So,” Yefrit looked at Natsu and said solemnly, “the important task of protecting Lucy’s beauty and charm is now entrusted to you, Natsu!”

“I don’t quite understand,” Natsu said, scratching his head nonchalantly, “Just tell me what you want me to do.”

“Carry Lucy on your back,” Yefrit said.

"You should have said something earlier, even though Lucy is..."

"Shut up and get to work, Erza is getting impatient!"

Just as Natsu was about to say something that showed a lack of emotional intelligence, Yefrit interrupted him loudly.

"Yes!" Natsu was startled. He glanced at Erza, whose face was cold, and quickly grabbed Lucy and threw her onto his back.

"Hey, hey," Lucy was about to say something, but when she saw Erza's face, she decisively shut her mouth.

What is the meaning of the word?

You can take a break now.