Petrel

Chapter 44

- I'm participating! - shouted a joyful Natsu, clearly not understanding what was really going on, I even felt like doing a facepalm.

"You're always on time, don't you think? I like that about you," Laxus said.

- Natsu… - Makarov said.

"It's a celebration, isn't it old man?" the fire dragon slayer said with a grin before charging forward. "Let's go!!!"

- And yet... I don't like your style. You're too slow Natsu. - The thunderer said arrogantly before charging the mage rushing towards him with a stronger lightning bolt.

- AAAAAAAAH! - Natsu screamed, flying back to the crowd. I don't understand, did he figure out our plan with Erza and decided to play along? Laxus should be a bite for him now, and Gray is in no hurry either.

- Natsu! - the guildmates shouted in alarm.

"If you want to free these ladies, defeat us first," Evergreen said.

- Four of ours and about a hundred of yours... Ahahahaha! We're completely out of luck! Hahahahaha! - Bickslow laughed like crazy, although judging by the choice of words, it's possible that he was laughing at his own team.

- The time limit is three hours. If you cannot defeat us before the time limit is up, these girls will be crushed into sand. - Evergreen took the floor again.

- Laxus! - Makarov growled.

- The battlefield is all of Magnolia. As soon as you find one of us, the battle will begin.

- Don't joke with me!!! - the master yelled using titan magic.

"Now, now, no need to rush. Let's enjoy the show, old man." Laxus said before creating a bright flash of light, under the cover of which the Thunderers left the guild building.

- Nnnnnnaaaaaaaa! I'll save the little sisters and the others! - Elfman shouted before rushing out of the guild with the crowd of his guildmates.

- Capture Laxus!!!

- I'll tear him apart like a dog rips apart a hot water bottle!!!

Various battle cries were heard, and in the meantime I was trying to sense at least one unfamiliar strong mana in the city. Having not noticed anything suspicious, my patience came to an end, and when almost the entire crowd left the guild, I dropped the Evergreen spell.

"Wendy, you left too early," Elsa reproached me, also freeing herself from petrification.

- I'm tired of holding myself back from moving. And I don't believe that such bait will work - I answered pouting.

- Okay, you're right, the main reason for playing along was to give Laxus a chance to come to his senses.

- Wendy, Elsa? - we heard the master's surprised voice.

- Hello, old man. As you can see, Laxus hasn't come to his senses. Now we'll free the girls and come up with something to make the mess look like a show for the residents. - I said, thinking about what to do.

"Maybe we should just knock out Laxus and his team, ending what's happening?" Gray suggested, who stayed next to the Master.

- The problem is to turn all this into a show for the audience, otherwise our guild will have too many problems, at least now there is no particular destruction and only frightened spectators, we have a chance to replay everything and this is by no means easy.

- What if I teleport all of our people, including Laxus's team, to the backyard of the Guild, where we'll hold something like a tournament for the title of the strongest Fairy Tail mage, and to calm the residents down we'll make projections through which they can watch the tournament? - Elsa suggested.

- You know? I like it. What do you say, master, shall we do it this way? However, I'll tell you right away that in this scenario I'm not sure that Laxus will be re-educated as he was initially after the expulsion. - I decided to shift the burden of choice onto Makarov.

- He is my grandson. Naturally, I would prefer the option in which he is not banished. However, I think that in the future that you saw, Wendy, he corrected himself precisely because of his defeat, so if you two do not participate and others defeat him, then it might help. In general, go ahead, girls, but first remove the spell from the other girls, I am almost certain that you can do it.

- Okay. Elsa, I'll take care of the girls, and you can gather the guild.

"Okay," Elsa said, heading to the agreed upon place.

Well, in the meantime I used the fastest way to remove the spell, namely, the anti-magic barrier. After all, if there is no magic, then there is nothing to support the spell.

- Huh? What happened? - the freed girls spoke up, confused.

- Welcome back, sleeping beauties.

- Wendy? What happened? - Ur asked.

- Well, there was a small attempt at a coup in the guild and you were turned to stone, but now I have removed the spell, and any minute now, we will try to save the parade from failure. - I answered, removing the barrier.

"If it's not a secret, who was the idiot who staged the coup?" asked Ultear, remembering Elsa and I's capabilities.

"My grandson," Makarov answered, upset.

- Seriously? He's become an even bigger asshole than I thought. - Mira said.

- Okay girls, go to the backyard for now, the others will soon gather there, and I need to go out and sort something out.

"Wendy, is he really…" Makarov asked with a slightly hoarse voice, seeming to realize what I was talking about.

- Yes. I feel that the city is surrounded by large clots of lightning magic. He really did build a lightning palace.

- I see. Please sort this out. - The master became even more upset, after all, Laxus really went too far, setting a spell that, when activated, should destroy the city.