E Ellis is not Natsu and Gajeel, no anti-magic resistance of Dragon Slayer, hit by George's sleep spell unprepared, unconscious immediately.
"Zubia, take Erischa and let's leave here. The magic-driven spirit energy launch should only have five minutes left."
Let Erischa go and fight Jellal. This is obviously not a wise decision.
Taking everyone along to fight Jellal to the death is equally unwise.
Gerhard can command S-class mages as strong as pigeons, so his power is absolute. It may be possible that he is a mage of the holy level.
And along the way, it's clear that the enemy has been hatching a big conspiracy.
It would be too stupid to continue following the enemy's script when there is a threat of magic-driven spirit energy in complete ignorance of the situation.
First, we need to leave the Tower of Elysium and get out of the range of the magic-driven spirit energy attack. Then, we can wait and see what happens next.
If Gerhard and the Tower of Elysium are annihilated by the magic-driven spirit energy, that would be everyone's best outcome.
If not, they will adapt to the situation and fight if they can, or run if they can't, and the Kingdom has so many magical guilds with many powerful mages, as well as many Holy Ones. There are also many taller ones who can take on responsibility.
It's not worth dying needlessly.
He doesn't like to fight without a chance.
If Gerard truly needs Erischa's physical body as the carrier for Jellof's revival, pursuing them outside the Tower of Elysium is better than fighting in the Tower.
At least the enemy lost their home advantage, and they no longer have the threat of magic-driven spirit energy.
Taking out the box expanded by the Traceless Stretch spell, Erischa and the others were all packed into the box, and George instantly teleported to the sea surface outside the island.
At this time, Lucy and Simon, accompanied by two other friends of Erischa's from when she was a child, Wally and Milana, also left the tower and came to the sea on a small boat.
"Repaired as good as new!"
Casting the repair spell on a large royal ship that had been shattered by magic, a brand-new ship soon appeared on the sea.
Release Erischa and the others, pick up Lucy and the others, George breaks the sleep spell on Erischa, and everyone stands on the deck to look at the Tower of Elysium.
"Erischa, there are less than a minute before the magic-driven spirit energy launch, let's watch from here."
"Gerard."
Erischa, who had just regained consciousness, knew that it was too late for her to go now, so she sighed silently.
Meanwhile, at the top of the Tower of Elysium, Gerard shot all the pieces on the table and stood up by the window.
"Never mind, I'll deal with you once the Tower of Elysium is completely finished."
The R-system needs to be completed thoroughly, which requires an enormous amount of magic power. Even as a Holy One, he cannot do it alone and can only rely on the ultimate weapon of the Council, magic-driven spirit energy.
So a few years ago, he condensed half of his magic power into a Thinking Body and took the alias "Zikrain" to join the Council of Elders, becoming one of the members of the Council with the strength of Holy Ones.
The Thinking Body proposed in the Council to use magic-driven spirit energy to prevent Jellal's revival, so that the Tower of Elysium could absorb the 2.7 billion conceptual magic power emitted by the magic-driven spirit energy launch.
After that, he can use Erischa's physical body as an S-class mage to revive Jellal.
He was originally waiting for Erischa to come find him and then start reviving Jellal once the R-system was completely finished.
Now that the plan has changed, it doesn't make much difference. After the R-system is completely finished, he will retrieve his Thinking Body from the Council, regain his full strength, and personally go to fetch Erischa back.
"How terrifying is that magic!"
Watching several large golden magical arrays suddenly appearing in the sky above the Tower of Elysium, George and everyone on board showed a look of horror.
They had all heard of the Council's ultimate destructive magic, the magic-driven spirit energy, but it was the first time they had seen it with their own eyes.
In front of the huge satellite magic array in the sky, and the 2.7 billion conceptual magical power gathered there, everyone felt small.
"Boom!"
A golden light beam, solid as substance, burst out from the massive golden magical array and struck directly at the Tower of Elysium.
In an instant, the entire sky was enveloped in white light, and everyone couldn't help but close their eyes.
"What's going on?"
However, after the white light that illuminated the entire world faded, the Tower of Elysium did not disappear; instead, it transformed into a gigantic magical crystal tower standing 100 meters tall.
"It seems there is a problem."
George looked at the magical crystal tower filled with magic, and his face showed no too much surprise.
Noticing that Gerhard did not come after them, and that Gerhard had not left the Tower of Elysium when the magic-driven spirit energy was launched, George knew that the Council's plan might come to nothing.
Gerhard must have some way to counter the attack of magic-driven spirit energy.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be stupid enough to wait for death inside the Tower of Elysium.
Ah, so that's it! His Tower of Elysium wasn't actually finished; he needed the magic power of the magic-driven spirit energy to fully complete the Tower of Elysium!
At this time, Erischa also realized something.
She had also been a slave who helped build the Tower of Elysium, so she was not completely ignorant of it.
Eight years ago, the Black Mage guild built eight towers simultaneously because the purpose was to better collect magic power and then activate the R-system.
However, Gerard only built one tower and had no right to claim that he had completed the R-system.
She had previously walked into a dead end and didn't think in this direction. She had always been thinking about going to the top floor to confront Gerard and put an end to everything.
Now, seeing the magical crystal tower, she finally understood everything.
"It seems that the R-system is finally complete now."
Hearing Erischa's explanation, everyone finally understood Gerhard's true intention.
"With such a large magical crystal, if used for meditation, wouldn't the magic level just skyrocket?"
George looked at the enormous magic emanating from the magical crystal and his eyes were getting brighter and brighter.
The meditation techniques he learned in the world of mage apprentices are actually ways to absorb external power through spiritual force and convert it into magic power to be stored in the body, thereby boosting his mage level.
This is somewhat similar to the cultivation in myths.
Once the magic level surpasses 500, it is basically possible to live forever.
The Ring of Merlin and the Ring of Morgana can both condense surrounding power, speeding up meditation. The higher the concentration of surrounding power, the more efficient the meditation will naturally be.
If he could meditate with the Ring of Morgana inside the magical crystal tower, the efficiency of his meditation might increase by tenfold.
So at this time, he has decided that regardless of how strong Jellard is, he must fight him today and take the magical crystal tower for himself.
Fortunately, his team is not weak either. Besides him, there is the top S-level Erischa, S-level Natsu and Gray, and Lucy, who can summon an S-level Celestial Spirit on the sea.
