“Age over eighty and cats cannot leave!”
Words formed by magical symbols appeared in the air in front of the guild's entrance.
"It was Fried who did the dirty work."
Makarov also reached forward to touch it, but it was blocked by the magical barrier.
"Now it's trouble."
"Indeed, there's a bit of a small trouble."
George had heard from Ribby that in the Fairy Tail, she wasn't the most skilled magician when it came to spells, but in reality, the most skilled magician was Fried, a member of the God Squad.
Fried is proficient in incantations and dark runes, his strength is extremely close to S level, even among other guilds outside of Fairy Tail, he would be considered stronger than most S-level magicians.
The characteristic of spells is that they require time to be set up and must be laid out in advance, but their effects are also very powerful.
With Fried's strength, the strength of the spells he lays is so strong that even Makarov of the Holy Ten cannot break through it by force, which is one of the reasons why Laxus has the confidence to challenge an entire guild with only four people.
"Hahaha, since that's the case, then it's up to me, Naz, to deal with Laxus. I've been wanting to settle our score again!"
Seeing the situation, Naz leads the way and charges out towards the guild's entrance.
"Bang!"
A loud boom, and Naz was bounced back by the magical barrier.
"Why is it like this?"
Naz rubbed his head, looking baffled.
Everyone looked equally baffled. Elsha and others tried, but none of them could leave.
In the end, only Makarov, George, Happy, Naz, and Gajeel couldn't leave.
"That's odd. By all accounts, the magical barrier should be executing its set conditions without fail. What about Naz and Gajeel?"
George himself had set up magical barriers at school and was well-versed in the principles behind them.
Clearly, they couldn't be cats. That meant the two of them had to be over eighty years old, which was impossible. After all, Naz was raised in the guild by everyone.
"It doesn't matter now. Let's focus on what's at hand."
George reached out with a transformation spell to create a large mirror. After casting the Mirror Space Magic on it, he handed it to Elza:
"Elza, you can fly. Take this mirror and absorb all the magic crystals in the air into the Mirror Space. This way, the residents of the town won't be harmed by the God Temple. Once we crack the spell, we'll go find Laxus."
"Leave it to me!"
Elza transformed into Black Feather Kha, holding the mirror and flying quickly towards the three hundred floating magic crystals in the sky.
Meanwhile, George shouted for Ribby to join him and begin cracking the magical barrier set up by Fried.
The other Fairy Tail magicians did not act rashly under Makarov's command. Among the remaining magicians, apart from Gray and Juby, the others would be no match even if they found Laxus and the God Squad.
"Fried designed this spell to be very complex, it might not be so easy to solve."
Ribby observed the magical barrier and scratched her head with difficulty:
"I need to go to the library to find some information."
"I don't need to. I have memorized all the books in the library related to spells. You can ask me for any information you need."
George extended his hand and gestured towards the barrier:
"This barrier is using the Gilvian technique and involves two transformations. With both of us, we should be able to break it open."
In terms of spell barriers, he could only say that he was slightly stronger than someone just starting out, and there was still a considerable gap compared to Ribby.
A spell barrier like the one set up by Fried, which can even confine someone as powerful as Makarov, he naturally couldn't create.
But solving spells is different from setting them up. As long as one understands the laws within the spell and finds the weaknesses, then with some adjustments, it's actually possible to break the spell.
Spell barriers like these are very effective against magic users who don't understand spells, but for magic users who do understand spells, even if they are just starting out and have little experience, as long as they can find the necessary information and spend enough time studying, they can slowly break through them.
So spell barriers are not the main form of magic in this world, but rather an auxiliary spell that is learned by magic users who practice runic magic.
And he has read through all the magical books about spells in the library, memorizing all the rules of magic and related information. Plus, he can have six minds working simultaneously with focused concentration to crack the spell.
Even without Ribby's help, he could have probably solved the barrier in just a few minutes.
Normally, his original body and clones are practicing different magic in various worlds, so this particular ability doesn't get much showcasing.
It's like the clone in the Harry Potter world is learning alchemy, the apprentice wizard in the magical world is studying sealing magic, the clone in Akademia City is learning Kabbalistic spells, and the clone in Middle-earth is learning elf magic.
The clone in the main world doesn't have its own world's magical knowledge, and it helps the clone in that world based on the difficulty of the magic.
However, when any of the clones in the world have special needs, George can control all the bodies in all the worlds to temporarily put aside their current studies and focus on helping solve the problem in that particular world.
Now, George is to crack Fried's spell barrier, with the clone's brain in the Fairy Tail world performing rapid analysis and calculations on the spell, while the other five brains are also working together synchronously.
Under the high-speed operation of six brains and Ribby's coordination, the structure of Fried's spell barrier is gradually analyzed. It should only take about five minutes to break it open.
"It's been unlocked!"
Five minutes later, Ribby shouted excitedly in the eyes of everyone's expectant gaze.
"George, I didn't expect you to be so talented in spells. You've reached this level in just a short amount of time."
The ability to unlock the spell in just five minutes lies mainly in George's fast analysis of Fried's spell, allowing her to quickly understand the entire structure of the spell.
"Well, it's just that I've read a lot of books and am stronger in theory. The actual operation is up to you."
George smiled and let the position go to Ribby.
While he excels in theory and the simultaneous operation of six brains, his practical skill level is still quite a bit behind Ribby.
Even though Fried's entire spell has been fully parsed and there's a plan to rewrite the spell, without George's hands-on operation, it might take more than ten minutes to make the changes.
Ribby, on the other hand, can complete the task in less than a minute, making the spell barrier ineffective.
"I'm getting old. Maybe it's time to find a successor to take over my position."
Throughout the process, Makarov watched George and thought to himself in secret.
George has only been a member of the guild for a short time, but he has made significant contributions, with enough strength, and his personality is very stable and has gained recognition and respect from almost all the mage members of the guild.
Even if George is a cat, it's really not a big deal. Fairy Tail has never cared about such things.
At this moment, Makarov had already decided to impart the strongest ultra-magic fairy's law to George before he left for the century-long mission, so that George could at least find a safe way back to Kildas.
Once George returns, he will step down and officially make George the president of Fairy Tail.
On the other hand, it was also because Laxus was his grandson, and his grandfather had made a mistake that led to this situation. He felt responsible for what happened and felt guilty about continuing to serve as the president of the guild.
If George hadn't been going on a century-long mission, he was even thinking of passing the presidency to George after this magical parade was over.
