"It is the magic of Naz and Gray."
As George approached the entrance of the tall tower, he found that all the guards on this side had been knocked out. From the magical traces on the guards' bodies, it could be determined that it was due to Nazz's dragon-destroying magic and Gray's ice magic.
"It seems that Nazz and Gray are also here, probably along with Lucy and Hobby."
He was not particularly happy that Nazz and others caught up with him first, but instead, he felt a bit headache.
If it were only Erza, he could have found her using the tracking spell, then simply transport her using the Shadow Swap spell and leave with her. The prowess of those Black Magisters wouldn't concern him; the magic of the magical spirit would naturally teach them a lesson.
However, now that Nazz and the others were all inside the tower, and it was likely they weren't together, it would be time-consuming to search for them individually before taking them away.
"I can't help it. Who would have thought that I, the cat destined to become the next president, couldn't ignore the magician of my own guild?"
George shook his head, and one of his wings flew into the tower.
But as soon as he entered the tower, he heard a man's voice coming from all the places where the sound spell had been inscribed on the walls inside the tower.
"Welcome to the Towers of Paradise, I am Gerald, the owner of this tower."
Both sides have their pieces in place, so let's start the game of Paradise now!"
"Paradise Tower? Paradise Game?"
George listened to the announcement, which sounded like magic radio broadcasts, and privately guessed what this guy named Gerald was trying to pull.
"The game rules are simple. I will sacrifice Erza as an offering and perform a ritual to bring the ancestor of Black Magisters, Jefil, back to life."
In other words, as soon as the door to paradise opens, I win.
And if you can prevent this from happening, then you win."
As he spoke, the voice paused for a moment before laughing:
"But if it were merely that simple, it would be too boring."
So, on this side, I will send three S-class magicians from the Skeletal Guild to hunt you down.
Only by defeating them can you come to my side and stop me from reviving Jefil.
By the way, I should remind you that the Senate is preparing to use the ultimate destruction magic called Magic Spirit Power, which can destroy everything.
So, you'll have to hurry up.
Otherwise, everyone will be turned to ashes and disappear from this world under the power of Magic Spirit Power."
"But wait, how does he know that the Senate has unleashed Magic Spirit Power?"
After hearing Gerald's broadcast across the entire tower, George's brow furrowed.
He discovered the loophole.
He knew about the preparation of Magic Spirit Power on the Senate's side because there was a notification from Senator Agyema.
How exactly does Gerald on this side of the tower know about the Senate's decision?
Is it that this guy has spies or informants in the Senate?
If that were true, why would he still go ahead with this plot, knowing full well that the Senate would unleash Magic Spirit Power? It's pure self-destruction.
The last and most crucial point.
The fact that he had hidden the existence of R-System for so many years and suddenly caused such a big commotion at a resort feels very intentional, like he was purposely exposing it.
There must be some conspiracy here, it can't be as simple as it seems on the surface.
"First, find people!"
No matter what conspiracy the other party has, save the people first.
Following the trace of the tracking spell, George flapped his wings and chased after Erza.
First, find Erza. If we're lucky, they'll be together, and we can take them all at once. If not, we can send out Erza first and then use the tracking spell to find the others one by one.
Following the passage inside the tower, as he crossed over the bodies of one guard after another, when he reached the sixth floor, he suddenly stopped.
Because he heard a familiar scream.
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!"
"It's Lucy."
Flying towards the direction of the scream, in the central hall on the sixth floor, he found the first member of Fairy Tail, Lucy.
At this time, Lucy's condition was clearly not good.
Her top was torn almost halfway, and she could only kneel on the ground with her hands to cover herself and prevent exposure. Behind her was Zubia, one of the former Four Elements of the Undead.
At this moment, Zubia was holding a water whip, as if having a breakdown, and was repeatedly whipping Lucy's buttocks.
Behind Zubia, there was another magician wearing very punk clothes, who was madly playing a magic guitar.
"It's a type of mental control magic."
As a person with psychic abilities, George is very sensitive to magic of the spiritual type. He can clearly feel that the magician playing the guitar is using the sound of the guitar to control Zubia and attack Lucy.
"It seems that this is one of the three S-class magicians Gerald mentioned. It's indeed quite impressive."
George quietly took out a copper coin from his changing space.
As an S-class magician herself, Zubia was being controlled like a puppet, which indicated that the S-class magicians of the Paradise Tower are far more powerful than usual S-class magicians, and they should not be taken lightly.
So, to save time, he chose to hide and become an old six for a surprise attack.
"Eat my electromagnetic cannon!"
The copper coin flew up, and 200 million volts of voltage erupted. George gently touched the copper coin with his cat claws, and the copper coin instantly became a supersonic electromagnetic cannon that shot towards the head of the magician playing the guitar.
Since they are enemies, there is no need to hold back; aim for the vital points directly.
"What!"
The guitarist who was using sound magic to control Zubia felt a strong current suddenly appearing on the other side of the hall and was startled at heart.
But the attack of the super electromagnetic cannon came too quickly for him to control Zubia to use water magic for defense. He could only flick his hair, using his unique hair magic to form a defense barrier in front of himself.
"Boom!"
The supersonic electromagnetic cannon hit the hair charged with magic, stopping for less than a second before piercing through the hair and then hitting the forehead of the guitarist.
The guitarist was immediately lifted into the air, crashing heavily into the wall behind, shattering it by more than half.
The sound magic was interrupted, and as an S-class magician, Zubia also regained her freedom and returned to normal.
"Lucy, I'm sorry, I couldn't control my body. How are you?"
Normalizing herself, Zubia rushed over to Lucy and helped her up.
At this time, the guitarist also covered his forehead and stood up. His forehead now had a huge bump.
"Despicable! You sneak up on me from the shadows!"
"Thank goodness I used my hair as a buffer, or he would have had his head blown apart right then."
"My beautiful hair, damn it, I'll kill you."
Feeling that a section of his beautiful hair was missing, looking like it had been chewed by a dog, the guitarist became extremely angry. He picked up his guitar to unleash a powerful attack, using sound to control all the magicians present in the hall.
The magician who had just sneak-attacked didn't know where he had hidden, but as long as he heard the sound of his guitar, he couldn't escape his control.
