Chapter 279 George's True Strength
"You said... what!"
Hearing George's words, Laxus's body instantly stiffened, then he turned his head to look at Makarov in disbelief:
"Old man, is what he said true?"
"Laxus... it's true. I never told you because I was afraid you wouldn't be able to accept it.
Alright, let's stop here for today. No more messing around."
Makarov sighed and sat weakly on the table.
Things had reached this point; it was indeed time to let Laxus know the truth. Otherwise, Laxus would continue making mistakes like his father, eventually reaching a point of no return.
In fact, when George brought it up this morning, he already regretted it—regretted not explaining it clearly to Laxus sooner.
Sometimes it's like this: when something is hidden for too long, you no longer know how to explain it.
Upon hearing Makarov's confirmation, Laxus fell silent and slowly lowered his head.
"Something's wrong!"
However, just as everyone thought Laxus would stop his plans upon learning the truth, George frowned.
Because he sensed that Laxus's magic power was going berserk, and the feeling emitted from his mind wasn't regretful clarity, but anger.
"Are you kidding me? Telling me this now? Even if it's true, so what? My decision will not change; the game continues, and if you don't follow my game,
not only the residents of the entire town but even you all must disappear!"
Laxus raised his head, veins bulging on his face, and even the surrounding lightning faintly turned red from anger.
After speaking, he and Freed and Bixlow turned into lightning and disappeared from the guild.
"Fight! Only the winner among you is qualified to challenge me. You have three hours; if no winner is decided within three hours, then I will destroy the entire town and the guild, and rebuild a new Fairy Tail!"
"Looks like we'll have to wake him up with force."
Seeing Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe disappear, George thought to himself.
In cases like Laxus's, there are generally two outcomes: the likely one is a sudden awakening, followed by an apology and reconciliation with Makarov, restoring their grandfather-grandson relationship.
But there is a small chance of another outcome: because of pride, the years of obsession, and various chaotic thoughts, he might refuse to acknowledge his true feelings and head toward an extreme.
At this point, there's only one solution: fight him. Fight hard until he sees his true heart and wakes up.
This is the so-called "Friendship Punch" that often appears in many stories.
"What should we do, Master?"
At this time, everyone looked at Guild Master Makarov.
Makarov took a deep breath and made a tough decision in his heart:
"I will take care of the Thunder Palace. George, you are good at tracking magic; take the others to find Laxus and capture him.
This time, he's gone too far. I must expel him from the guild!"
After enhancing his physique with Giant Magic, he could withstand the magical backlash from destroying three hundred magic crystals. Thus, he was the most suitable to directly destroy the Thunder Palace.
And with George's level of magic, leading Erza, Natsu, and the others, they could easily take down Laxus and the remaining two of the Thunder God Tribe.
This time, Laxus had gone too far, even harboring thoughts of destroying the entire town and the guild. As the Guild Master, to be fair, he could only expel him.
"Understood, Master."
George waved his hand and cast a tracking spell:
"Direction Manifestation · Laxus Dreyar!"
To him, the current situation actually wasn't too troublesome.
Even without the Guild Master's action, he had many ways to deal with the Thunder Palace's magic.
First, hard resistance—he also knew Giant Magic. Though not as strong as the Master's, it could still greatly enhance defense.
Moreover, his basic physique far surpassed the Master's. Plus, after fusing with the Dragon Crystal of the Magic Dragon, he inherited part of the Magic Dragon's magical resistance, making his overall defense even stronger than the Master's when giant-sized.
Most importantly, the backlash from the Thunder Palace was in the form of lightning attacks, and since he could control electricity, the damage would be reduced by at least ninety percent.
Second, he could use Mirror Magic to pull the Thunder Palace into the Mirror World. That way, even if Laxus activated the Thunder Palace, it wouldn't damage the real town.
Third, with his current magic power and the amplification from his magic wand, he could set up a Super Armor Spell Barrier covering the entire town, directly blocking the Thunder Palace's attack.
The Thunder Palace could destroy the town because it could simultaneously launch three hundred lightning strikes, covering the entire town.
But in reality, the power of each strike was divided into three hundred parts, and each one wasn't particularly strong. With his current magical level, the defense he could create would completely withstand it.
As for capturing Laxus, even if he was alone, he could handle it.
This wasn't boasting, nor arrogance, nor overconfidence. His current comprehensive magic ability had already surpassed the Master's and absolutely reached the level of the Ten Wizard Saints, and he was the type without weaknesses, very comprehensive among the Ten Saints.
During this period, by meditating and absorbing the energy of the Magic Crystals and Space Gems, plus the diligent training of his clones in various worlds, and the fusion with the Magic Dragon, his magic power had increased significantly.
His magic level, according to the Wizard Apprentice World, had broken through from level 500 to over level 800.
This had greatly enhanced the power of his magic.
Additionally, having learned more magic and delving deeper into magical research, constant practice and battles had improved the power of each of his spells considerably.
His superpower was also approaching Level 5 ability under the experiments of Kihara Amata.
Finally, after fusing with the Magic Dragon's Dragon Crystal and different Fire Dragon Crystals in the Harry Potter world, his physique had greatly improved.
Therefore, his overall strength was now much stronger than when he fought Jellal in the Tower of Heaven.
Jellal's strength was of the Ten Wizard Saints level, and he was not weak among them. Judging by that, he was now at least at the level of the Ten Saints, and ranked very high among them.
Although Laxus was a Dragon Slayer of Lightning, able to devour and absorb lightning, making his lightning magic and abilities less effective, similarly, Laxus's lightning magic would also struggle to harm him.
Moreover, he had many kinds of magic besides lightning, and his electromagnetic ability wasn't just about electricity, mainly about controlling metal.
Golden magic arrows appeared. George took the lead, followed closely by Makarov and the other guild members, heading toward the guild's entrance.
"Boom!"
However, just as George was about to step out the door, he was suddenly blocked by an infinite barrier.
"It's a Spell Formation Barrier!"
George touched it and immediately reacted—it was a pre-set Spell Formation Barrier around the guild.
Because he had also studied Spell Formation Barriers, though he wasn't particularly skilled at them.
(End of this chapter)