"I completely volunteered to obtain this power, everything is for the sake of becoming the strongest!"

Erza pulled out the sword blade that was stuck in the ground: "For that goal, you even abandoned your identity as a human?"

She smiled disdainfully: "Your head is definitely not normal!"

Ignoring Erza’s mockery, Jiemma turned his scarlet gaze to Minerva: "You’re really a complete disappointment."

"I originally thought that giving you a little bit of demonic power might make you stronger."

"As expected, the weak are always weak, that’s something that can’t be changed!"

Facing Jiemma’s gaze at this moment, Minerva stiffly raised her head, and the fear in her eyes constantly seeped out.

"I..."

Under the fear of the past, Minerva couldn’t help but take two steps back.

But seeing his daughter like this, Jiemma didn’t waver in the slightest.

On the contrary, the anger in his eyes even rose higher.

"What qualifications do you have to be my daughter like this, how can you possess my strongest bloodline like this!"

The angry roar was like a ferocious beast.

A fan-like hand that was wrapped in terrifying magic power suddenly slapped towards Minerva.

"I’m sorry... I’m sorry..."

Minerva constantly begged for mercy, as helpless as she had been when she was little.

But Jiemma didn’t have the slightest intention of stopping his movements.

She could even feel the violent wind stirred up by that hand, and the aura of death that was wrapped within it.

Minerva closed her eyes in terror, her whole body curled up together.

"You bastard!" Erza instantly gripped the sword hilt.

And immediately stepped forward, charging towards Jiemma.

But someone was faster than Erza.

"Fire Dragon’s—Iron Fist!¨.!"

Natsu’s angry roar rang out at this moment.

Followed by a fist wrapped in flames that heavily struck Jiemma’s palm.

It wasn’t just that, the sound of footsteps behind him didn’t show any signs of stopping.

On the contrary, they became even more hurried.

"White Dragon’s—"

"Shadow Dragon’s—"

"Roar!!!"

A white, holy light-like breath mixed with a pitch-black breath slammed into Jiemma’s body.

The three attacks that arrived in an instant caught Jiemma somewhat off guard.

His whole body flew backwards uncontrollably, and then crashed onto the ground.

The sound of footsteps finally stopped in front of Minerva.

The familiar feeling seemed to make Minerva’s trembling body stop.

She slowly opened her eyes.

What entered her eyes were that blonde boy and that black-haired boy.

Although she couldn’t see their faces, Minerva knew.

Those were the two people in her memory.

"We’re late, Miss!" Sting turned his head.

The smile on his face was clearly visible.

"Although we got lost for a while on the way, we were lucky to meet Natsu-san, and finally managed to catch up!"

His soft words seemed to carry the joy of reunion.

"It’s been a long time since we’ve seen you, Miss!"

Lector jumped up, showing off his presence.

"Sabertooth is your home, so we’ve come to pick you up!" Rogue also returned a smile.

"Frosch thinks so too," Frosch chimed in, following suit.

Minerva stared blankly at the two people in front of her.

The fear that Jiemma had just brought seemed to completely disappear at this moment.

The warmth called companions completely dispelled everything.

She recalled Erza’s words just now again.

"There must be someone in this world who is still waiting for you to go back!"

There really... really was someone waiting for her!

Warm tears slid down from the corners of her eyes.

Minerva had never had this kind of feeling before.

This kind of feeling... of being cared for by her companions.

Seeing the few people, Erza was somewhat surprised and somewhat puzzled, and immediately asked.

"Why are you guys here?"

To this, Natsu explained a bit. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

According to what he said, after Alegria was dispelled, he had wanted to find the Nine Demon Gates to fight.

But on the way, he met Sting and Rogue, who had come here but had gotten lost.

At the two’s request, Natsu had agreed to rely on his nose, which was more sensitive than all the Dragon Slayers, to find Minerva’s trace.

And had finally found this place.

As for why Sting and Rogue were here, of course it was because Erza had written them a letter to inform them.

Thinking carefully, Erza did remember that there was such a thing.

Back then, after the mission at the Village of the Giants was over, Erza had felt that the matter with Minerva should be notified to Sabertooth.

So she had written a letter and sent it to their guild.

However... Erza’s letter-writing skills were indeed somewhat surprising.

Sabertooth had used all their strength to understand the whole story under Rufus’s desperate interpretation.

But by that time, a long time had passed.

So Sting and Rogue had rushed over here without stopping.

But Sting said a shocking message at this time.

When Sting and Rogue were rushing over, they had encountered countless human face statues on the way.

Hearing this news, Erza had reacted immediately.

Those were Face!

But Erza then breathed a sigh of relief, when exchanging information in telepathy earlier.

Lucy had said that the remote control permissions for Face were only held by the former chairman.

Therefore, it was impossible for these Face to be activated.

But to Erza’s view, Minerva on the side shook her head with a solemn expression.

"There’s a member of Tartaros named Keyes who can control corpses..."

Her words stunned Erza.

This also meant that, Tartaros could control the former chairman’s corpse to remotely control Face.

Understanding this, Erza immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Everyone present realized the seriousness of the situation.

"Erza, you take them and quickly go stop Face, I’ll deal with this guy!" Natsu stepped forward.

Planning to face Jiemma alone.

But this suggestion was rejected by Sting and Rogue.

"Whether it’s because of the opponent’s strength, or because of personal feelings, Rogue and I must stay and personally beat this guy!"

Listening to the conversation of the few people, Jiemma, who had already climbed to his feet, couldn’t help but reveal a rampant smile.

"No matter who comes, it’s the same to the strongest me!"

The disgusting magic power that was gradually rising seemed to verify his words.

"I am the strongest, far surpassing the Nine Demon Gates!"

He spread his arms, and fully vented his power.

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