As the battle goes on, it becomes more difficult for the Edolas Fairy Tail. They are getting overwhelmed by the Demons. After all, they need to use lacrima crystals and they don't have many of those while the Demons have a lot of magic power in their bodies.
But their struggle is also planned by Edolas Alex because he wants to show more dramatic acts in this fake battle. Even he also becomes more troubled in his battle with Earthland Alex. But this struggle is actually a preparation for an important entrance.
"DON'T GIVE UP, EVERYONE! WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD FOR SO MANY YEARS FOR EDOLAS, SO WE CAN'T GIVE UP NOW. THE PRINCE BELIEVED IN US AND GAVE US ALL THOSE TASKS. EVERYTHING WAS FOR THE SAKE OF EDOLAS, FOR PRINCE JELLAL, FOR A BETTER FUTURE!"
Edolas Alex shouts and Edolas Fairy Tail members roar in high spirits to show that they haven't given up. The civilians' spirits are also risen again even though they can't fight and can only cheer.
But there's something important that they notice from what Alex shouted. Prince Jellal. They all know that their Prince has disappeared for years. Then now an illegal Magic Guild suddenly claims they are doing things for the Prince.
Obviously, it makes them confused because if it's true, then Fairy Tail is Prince Jellal's Magic Guild. It means he has been opposing the Kingdom and they don't know why.
But it's not the time to think about that. At the very least, now they understand that Edolas Fairy Tail is truly trying to save Edolas. Whatever the Prince is doing with them, the civilians don't care for now because what's important now is defeating these Demons.
However, their hopes are getting lower as the Edolas Fairy Tail members start to get overwhelmed by the Demons. They start getting tired. Many are also injured and can't continue fighting again even when their weapons are still alright.
Everyone is half-giving up and thinks that their doom is unavoidable now. They think that only a miracle can save them now and somehow that miracle comes when they need it most.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU GIVING UP ALREADY?"
Someone suddenly shouts from high above the city wall. Everyone looks up and sees a masked man with black clothes. He opens his mask and the Edolas Fairy Tail members shout happily together.
"PRINCE!"
The civilians also look up and finally see Edolas Jellal's face. It has been years and he was still a child back then, but all of them still remember him clearly because he has a very noticeable mark on his face.
"T-that's really the prince."
"The Prince is back!"
Edolas Jellal a.k.a Mystogan then jumps from the high city wall while throwing his Magic Staves float around Kurama Alex. The Magic Staves glow golden bright and suddenly some big Magic Circles of different colors appear above Kurama Alex.
This scene awes the civilians and they get even more awed by what happens next. A massive and powerful Magic Beam shoots down from the sky toward the Giant Demon Fox through these big Magic Circles.
A massive impact is created from that attack and it sends debris everywhere. The civilians' eyes are widened in surprise after seeing such a powerful Magic Attack. The Giant Demon Fox's scream makes them even more stunned by their Prince's magic.
While Alex is screaming as if he's in pain, Mystogan knows that it isn't enough to injure Alex or even make him feel in so much pain. This is after all, just an act, a fake battle. So Alex fakes his pain because what they need now is just a flashy show.
Sure, this attack is much more powerful than a few months ago. It's because Earthland Alex helped Mystogan improve his spells. Well, Matatabi did, while Alex just relayed what she could improve from Mystogan's magic.
After returning to Edolas, Edolas Alex also helped him improve his Magic Staves' power. That's why his Magic is much stronger now. Even so, he knows that his improved Magic Spells are still not enough to take Earthland Alex down, and he's really glad that this is just an act.
"Ugh! Who are you?" Kurama Alex is acting as if he's in pain. He isn't injured, but fortunately the dirt that flies around makes him look disheveled as if he is in a bad shape.
"Just someone who wants to protect his world. Foul demon, this is your end."
Mystogan's Magic Staves glow again, but now they have purple lights instead of golden like before. Big chains suddenly come out of them and wrap around the Giant Demon Fox.
At the same time, Edolas Alex is throwing metal balls at the Demon Subordinates. The metal balls explode and turn into big vines that wrap around the Demon Subordinates tightly. They are now unable to move and seem to be unable to use their Magic anymore.
The civilians are cheering happily because they finally win after their long gone Prince suddenly returns. His powerful Magic Attack was enough to convince them that he really defeated the Giant Demon Fox even though the King and Royal Army were defeated before.
Seeing that the civilians are convinced, Mystogan nods slightly while looking at Kurama Alex who catches his signal immediately. They don't have much time, that's why Mystogan showed a very powerful attack right off the bat to convince the people of Edolas.
"DAMMIT! HOW DARE YOU MOCK THIS GREAT DEMON KING WITH YOUR PUNY TRICKS, HUMAN! FINE! IF YOU WANT TO SUFFER THAT MUCH, THEN I'LL MAKE YOU SUFFER! THE MAGIC POWER YOU LOVE SO MUCH YOU WOULD EVEN STOLE IT FROM MY WORLD, I WILL TAKE IT ALL. I WILL TAKE EVERY LAST BIT OF MAGIC POWER FROM THIS WORLD UNTIL NOTHING IS LEFT, HAHAHA!"
"W-what?! Taking our Magic Power? What are-," before Mystogan can finish his line, the ground shakes a little.
Everyone is surprised by the small earthquake, but they are more surprised by the flowing bright lights that suddenly appear in the air all around them. The lights seem to be moving to the sky and they see many of those lights come from Magic Items.
"T-this..... O-OUR MAGIC POWER IS GONE! OH NO!" Edolas Alex shouts to inform everyone of what happens. It's also to remind the Edolas Fairy Tail members that they should act too now.
Though it seems they don't really need to act. They really get saddened and depressed that they really lose their world's magic power now. Even though they knew this would happen beforehand, they are still not ready to face this when the time finally comes.
"HAHAHA! DO YOU LIKE IT, HUMANS?" Kurama Alex laughs as the magic chains that wrap him start to disappear as the Magic Staves are losing power. The same also happens to the Demon Subordinates that are wrapped by Magic Vines.
But then the Demons' bodies also start to glow and they start floating to the sky. The Reverse Anima has started working after Mystogan set it to be fully activated a while after he left the castle to show up here for his part of this act.
It's not just the "Demons", Panther Lily who has woken up for a while now but remained silent also starts to glow. Mystogan has been communicating with him secretly before, so he knew this plan and just followed it because he also believed this is the best they can do.
"Too bad I can't destroy your world into ruins, but this is more than enough to pay back for what you did. Oh, right, I forgot something. Let me use your Guild's farewell words."
Alex grins before reciting Fairy Tail's rules for those who leave the Guild under the excuse of using The Prince's Guild's rules to mock him while Alex actually says the rule seriously because Mystogan's Guild is Earthland Fairy Tail.
"FIRST! You must never reveal sensitive information about Fairy Tail to others for as long as you live." Earthland Alex says it while turning into a small humanoid Kurama.
"SECOND! You must never use former contacts met through your being in the guild for personal gain." Laxus says the 2nd rule while grinning.
"THIRD! Though our paths may have diverged, you must continue to live out your life with all your might, you must never consider your own life to be something insignificant, and you must never forget about your friends for as long as you live." Natsu says the last rule while smiling widely.
Mystogan's eyes widened because he didn't expect they would say those rules. But it really shows him that he is truly an important part of Fairy Tail and everyone thinks so even though he almost never interacts with them.
He can only smile without saying anything to not ruin everything they've done because it will be bad if people start suspecting that everything here is a scheme just because of a few words he says, so he can only smile at his former Guild Mates and Lily.
Soon, every bit of magic power in Edolas finally disappears. The crystalized Magnolia and Extalia are also sent by the Anima to Earthland. Now with no magic power remaining in their world, Edolas need to start anew.
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