Compared to the two fairies, Natsu is truly slaying a dragon!

There aren't many other good options.

As for Gray, Lucy, and Happy...

There shouldn't be any danger to his life.

After all, the opponents aren't very strong, and Gray should be able to control the current situation.

[Thinking it through without hesitation, the group immediately turned and continued walking into the dark, sunless passage.]

The passage was incredibly long! So long... it was almost despairing!

[Hena and the others walked for almost an hour from the starting point before finally seeing a faint light ahead.]

In this period of more than an hour.

Even those watching from outside the sky were almost in despair at the sight!

Walking in a dark, sunless passage is like walking through an endless, bottomless abyss.

Even through a screen, one can feel an endless sense of powerlessness.

Imagine yourself in that situation; if you were trapped in such a place, you would probably have a mental breakdown and go completely insane.

Fortunately, after more than an hour, Black Natsu and the others, who had been walking in the dark, finally saw a glimmer of light coming from ahead.

This is an inspiring light.

This also means that they seem to have found the exit of the passage.

Eileen: "So, what kind of place is this? How can it be so long?"

Kagura: "This is very strange, it's been more than an hour."

"At the speed of Henaz and the others, an hour or so is enough for them to cross the entire Galna Island."

"But... we've only just seen the exit here?"

"This ruin isn't that big, is it?"

Even without Kagura saying it, almost everyone watching the celestial display realized this.

Makarov: "The only explanation... is the anomaly of space."

"Perhaps, for some reason, the passage that Henatsu and the others entered was in a distorted spatial state."

Mavis: "A distortion of space... To be honest, I'm even starting to doubt whether they're still on Karna Island."

Hades: "Does Mavis mean that Hazen and the others actually entered a spatial portal leading to another place?"

Mebbs: "I just have this feeling, but we'll have to see what they look like after they come out of the tunnel to make a specific judgment."

[In the scene depicted on the celestial backdrop.]

After walking in the darkness for a long time, the group finally saw a glimmer of light not far ahead.

Mirajane let out a long sigh of relief: "Finally... we can see the exit."

God knows what kind of mental torture everyone endured in those past hour or so.

[If it weren't for Black Natsu's nose constantly catching an indescribable odor emanating from ahead, guiding the group forward.]

[They are probably still trapped in that dark, sunless passage, even now.]

[Facing the torment of endless darkness.]

"Let's hurry up and go take a look."

[Henazu said.]

[Once light seeps in, it means we're not far from the exit.]

The group rallied and continued striding forward.

Finally, perseverance paid off, and they moved closer to the source of the light.

The surrounding darkness grew even darker, and when the group was less than a hundred meters from the light, the entire passage was illuminated.

And they saw at the end of the passage, where an open door stood.

Bright light seeped in through the cracks in the door.

This time, there was no hesitation at the exit; the group simply crossed it.

We've arrived at... a completely unfamiliar place!

Yes, everything here is so unfamiliar.

The surrounding scenery shows absolutely no trace of Galna Island.

The setting sun cast a golden glow across the sky.

The place where Henna and the others were located was a training ground-like area.

A massive circular arena juts out from the ground, with a huge crescent moon totem at its center.

They stood at the edge of the ring, behind them a huge, open door.

Of course, that's not the point. The important thing is...

There are twelve such doors!

[Its shape forms a circle that surrounds the entire massive arena.]

The twelve doors were all slightly ajar.

But there was no sound whatsoever.

Above the arena, aside from Black Natsu and the others who were present.

Countless stone statues also stand on this stage.

Most of these stone statues are bizarrely shaped, including a dog with three heads and a huge, ferocious-looking gorilla.

[There are also terrifying monsters covered in bone spurs and horns.]

They seemed to bear the marks of time, their stone bodies riddled with cracks.

[Their expressions were extremely bizarre, and their movements were very uncoordinated.]

[It's somewhat chilling.]

"Where...where exactly is this place?"

Mirajane, witnessing this scene, couldn't help but cover her cherry-like mouth.

The surprise in his eyes was clearly visible.

"There are so many...monster statues? Or perhaps monster statues?"

Erza moved among the crevices of the stone statues, her gaze constantly scanning each one.

[His expression was one of surprise and uncertainty.]

"Why did the people who created this place put up so many stone statues? Did they have some kind of peculiar fetish?" Sera jokingly asked, stroking her chin.

Upon hearing this, Erza and Mirajane both stopped in their tracks.

Turning to Sera, he said with a serious expression, "Actually... there are indeed people who have this kind of fetish."

"There's one in our guild."

Sera was slightly taken aback: "Is it really that perverse? Do people actually like stone statues like this?"

Outside the (damn) sky, inside the Fairy Tail guild.

Abba Greene's expression was somewhat stiff.

Biguslow: "Haha, I'm talking to you, Alba."

"That's a really perverted hobby."

Abba Greene: "What do you know? This is all art!! Don't you even understand art?"

Biguslow: "Hahaha, whatever you say, I never intended to argue with you anyway."

In the scene, a group of people are examining this strange place.

Henatsu stood silently before a statue.

[It wasn't until Sera noticed Henna's expression that she asked him, somewhat puzzled.]

【"What’s wrong with you?"】

Hearing this, Henna glanced at Sera, then fixed his gaze on the stone statue in front of him.

"Remember, I just mentioned in the passage that I kept smelling a certain scent and using it to guide my way."

Sera nodded.

Henaz continued, "Actually, there's one more thing I haven't mentioned."

"The smell I've been smelling is rottenness!"

"And now I'm certain of one thing, this smell..."

His gaze simultaneously locked onto the stone statue before him.

He said in a deep voice, "The sound is coming from above these stone statues."