NOVEL WEB Chapter 291: Ignorance and Weakness
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"People always classify things beyond their understanding as 'impossible.'"
"But in reality, it's just their own ignorance and weakness."
Whoosh!
Uchiha Kitaro's figure vanished in an instant.
"Damn it! Where did he go?!"
Buzz—!!
Sensing something, Jose Porla looked up, only to see that Uchiha Kitaro had somehow appeared right above him.
In Kitaro's hand, a massive Rasengan, nearly twenty meters in diameter, was forming.
Jose was completely stunned at the sight.
"Super Giant Rasengan!!!"
Kitaro slammed the Rasengan down toward Jose. Jose frantically raised his hands, trying to block it, but it was like an ant trying to stop a boulder.
"Arghhhhhh!!!"
BOOM—!!!
The devastating impact left a massive crater in the ground. Jose lay motionless in the pit, his condition unknown.
And with that, the Phantom Lord Guild's entire attack force had been wiped out.
"It's... it's over..."
The members of Fairy Tail stood there in shock. From the moment the fight began, they hadn't been able to intervene at all.
On one hand, Kitaro's attacks were so overwhelming that all the enemies had been focused on him. On the other, the entire battle had lasted less than fifteen minutes.
Fifteen minutes. That wasn't even enough time to process their shock, let alone jump into the fight.
Even now, they were still frozen in disbelief, their minds reeling from the power Kitaro had displayed.
"Why the hell does Uchiha Kitaro even need to learn magic?!"
Everyone was baffled. His power was already so overwhelming—why would he need magic? Any one of his techniques was a hundred times stronger than their own magic.
Phantom Lord wasn't some small-time guild like Eisenwald. It was one of the top guilds in Fiore, once even considered the strongest.
Fairy Tail had only started surpassing Phantom Lord in recent years thanks to rising stars like Laxus, Mystogan, Erza, and Mirajane.
Even now, Phantom Lord's Element 4 and their Iron Dragon Slayer, Gajeel, were all renowned mages on par with Fairy Tail's S-Class members.
And Jose Porla, their guild master—he was one of the Ten Wizard Saints of Ishgar.
Yet, an entire guild of such strength had been crushed by a single person.
If they hadn't witnessed it themselves, they wouldn't have believed it.
Just then, a large contingent of Magic Council troops arrived, surrounding the area once again.
"Nobody move! We are the Rune Knights under the Council's Enforcement Division."
"That was fast!!"
"They got here so quickly!"
The Magic Council would never ignore such a blatant attack on a guild, but this response time was unusually quick.
No—on closer inspection, these were the same Rune Knights who had come to take Makarov and Lucy earlier.
"Run!"
Natsu instinctively tried to flee.
Mira chuckled, "It's no use. We'll just get caught anyway."
"We received reports of mages fighting here. What exactly happened?!"
Kitaro raised his hand. "That was me. Phantom Lord attacked Fairy Tail, so I took them all down. No one else from my guild fought."
"What?!"
The Rune Knights were in utter disbelief.
The Fairy Tail members only now realized that they really hadn't lifted a finger. Kitaro had done everything himself.
"Captain, report! We found Sol of the Element 4!"
"Captain, report! We found Totomaru of the Element 4!"
"Captain, report! We found Juvia of the Element 4!"
"Captain, report! We found Aria of the Element 4!"
"Captain, report! We found Gajeel, the Iron Dragon Slayer of Phantom Lord!"
"Captain, report! We found Jose Porla, Master of Phantom Lord!"
"What?!"
The captain rushed over and saw Jose lying gravely injured in the crater.
"Impossible! Jose Porla is one of the Ten Wizard Saints! Who could possibly defeat someone of his caliber?!"
"Take everyone into custody!"
This was huge. One of Fiore's strongest guilds had been wiped out in a single battle. They had to take every participant into custody for investigation.
Thus, Fairy Tail's members were all taken to the Magic Council's Fiore branch.
There, they reunited with Makarov and Lucy.
"You guys…?!"
Makarov and Lucy were both stunned. Just hours ago, these members were still in their guild, yet now, they had all been brought to the Council.
"Master!!"
The Fairy Tail members were relieved to see Makarov and Lucy safe.
"You brats! What the hell did you do to get locked up here?!"
"It was Phantom Lord!"
"Jose Porla took advantage of you and Lucy being away to launch a full-scale attack on Fairy Tail!"
"What?!"
Makarov's face twisted with rage. That bastard Jose! Attacking Fairy Tail was one thing, but daring to harm his children—unforgivable!
"Where is that bastard Jose?! I'll kill him myself!"
Makarov roared, ready to storm out.
The others quickly held him back.
"No need, Master!"
"What do you mean, no need?! I have to teach that bastard a lesson!"
Gray interjected, "No, Master. Jose Porla… he's already been taken down by Uchiha Kitaro."
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