"Everyone!"
Lucy also noticed Takeshi and the others, and immediately ran over happily.
"I missed you guys so much."
Just then, the sound of heavy footsteps rang out as a large number of troops heard the noise and rushed towards them.
"Don't even think about running!"
"Capture them!"
These troops immediately charged towards them with a fierce aura.
Takeshi raised his palm.
Cursed Technique Reversal: Red!
A red sphere formed in Takeshi's palm.
Boom... Boom...
All the soldiers were struck flying by Red, clearing the entire street and leaving a massive ravine on the ground.
Natsu quickly asked excitedly, "Lucy, why are you here? Where is everyone from the Guild?"
"Everyone from the Guild? I don't know. I was taken to another dimension by Horologium, and when I came to my senses, I appeared in a desolate wilderness. Then Mystogan showed up, asked me a bunch of questions, and threw me into this world."
"Mystogan?! Who exactly is that guy?" Natsu frowned.
Mystogan had always been mysterious, never showing his face in the Guild. He still hadn't seen Mystogan even once. Every time Mystogan came by, he would use sleep magic.
Happy asked Lucy, "Lucy, why can you use magic in this world too?"
Lucy was confused. "Huh? Is that strange? Can't Takeshi use magic too?"
Natsu said, "Takeshi is different, he's a monster."
Lucy didn't find anything wrong with that. "Hmm... I guess that's true."
"Hey! I'm still right here." Takeshi said disgruntledly.
He was a normal human, not a monster at all.
"Could it be..."
"Could it be what?!"
Natsu and Wendy looked at Lucy expectantly.
Using magic in their original world didn't feel like a big deal, but in this world, without magic, they felt helpless. They still had to save everyone in the Guild, and without magic, they couldn't even handle these miscellaneous soldiers.
Lucy asked, "Could it be that I am the legendary Hero?"
"No way!"
"Impossible!"
The few of them immediately denied it.
"Don't rain on my parade!"
Takeshi said, "Mystogan must have given you something."
Lucy suddenly realized. "Ah! I remember now, he gave me something to eat. Is that why?"
"Really?!"
Natsu and the others instantly perked up upon hearing Lucy's words.
"That's great. If that's the case, as long as we find Mystogan and eat that thing, we can also use magic, and then we can rescue everyone."
"Aye!"
Natsu and Wendy were both very excited.
Takeshi smiled and said, "I already told you, I alone am enough to save everyone."
"That's different. The King of Edolas forcefully absorbed everyone and the city, I definitely need to give him a good beating." Natsu clenched his fists.
Wendy mustered her courage and said, "That's right. For everyone in the Guild, I want to fight too."
"Me too!"
Happy clenched his little fists.
"Suit yourselves. Let's go, first to the Royal Capital."
Whoosh!
Takeshi continuously used Teleportation. This technique is positioned based on the farthest distance Takeshi can see. The Six Eyes can penetrate obstacles, meaning even if there are obstructions in the way, it won't affect Takeshi's observation of the distance.
The maximum observation distance of the Six Eyes is about ten kilometers, meaning Takeshi can move about ten kilometers with every Teleportation.
Swish!
On a bare mountain cliff, Takeshi appeared with the others.
Takeshi held Natsu in his left hand, Lucy tucked under his right arm, and Wendy in his right hand.
"Hoo..."
Takeshi let out a long breath.
Continuous long-distance Teleportation consumed a significant amount of his magic power. If he didn't currently possess magic power rated as high as 6 Stars, he wouldn't be able to handle it.
"So this is Teleportation?"
This was the first time Lucy had experienced it, and it felt incredibly miraculous.
"So fast!"
A journey that should have taken several days, Takeshi actually completed in just a few minutes. That was too incredible.
"This is..."
"Could this be the Royal Capital?!"
"It's huge!"
Everyone looked down and saw a massive city appear before their eyes, roughly ten times the size of Magnolia Town. The sight was incredibly stunning.
Natsu shouted excitedly, "I didn't expect to arrive so quickly!"
Lucy looked at the massive Royal Capital. "I wonder where everyone who was turned into magic crystal is right now?"
"They are over there."
Takeshi pointed at the floating island above the Royal Capital. When he arrived at the Royal Capital, the Six Eyes had already observed from afar that there was a giant magic crystal on that floating island. Without a doubt, that was everyone who had been absorbed.
"There!"
The few people were startled, as they couldn't see the magic crystal from here, only the bottom of the floating island.
Lucy was very surprised. "I didn't expect them to put everyone up so high. Since we've found them, it will be easy. Next, we just need to restore everyone to normal."
Happy asked, "What should we do?"
"Very simple. We just charge into the Royal Palace."
Takeshi said, pointing his finger at the Royal Palace in the center of the Royal Capital.
"Charge into the Royal Palace?!"
Lucy, Wendy, and Carla were all frightened by Takeshi's words.
Their opponent was an entire Kingdom, claiming to possess one hundred thousand soldiers, each equipped with Magic Weapons. An army like this was far stronger than the regular troops of the Fiore Kingdom.
Carla immediately objected, "Charging into the Royal Palace is too reckless. We can use other methods..."
"No. I must charge into the Royal Palace. These guys absorbed the Guild and the city, wanting to turn everyone into magic power. These guys all deserve to die."
A shocking killing intent was revealed in Takeshi's eyes.
Carla couldn't help but tremble when she saw the killing intent in Takeshi's eyes.
From the very beginning when everyone was absorbed until just now, Takeshi had acted extremely calmly, as if he didn't care about the matter at all.
But only now did she realize that Takeshi was not some virtuous person or someone easily bullied. He was the strongest Mage of Fairy Tail, the man who defeated multiple Wizard Saints and destroyed Oración Seis, one of the strongest Dark Guilds.
Takeshi's earlier statement about using Lanza del Relampago to destroy the Edolas Royal Capital was definitely not a joke. Perhaps he didn't intend to kill everyone in the entire Royal Capital, but Takeshi likely had no intention of letting the King and the army go.