The quiet guild seed to co alive as Nate and Lucy stepped inside.
"You two are back from your mission? Nate, Lucy," Mira greeted them with her usual smile.
"Nate? Lucy?" Erza turned around, her expression unreadable on her beautiful face.
"You two are the newcors Mira ntioned? Welco to Fairy Tail. I'm Erza."
"Nice to et you, senpai. I'm Nate," Nate greeted Erza while sizing her up.
The first thing he noticed was her long crimson hair. She wore armor that covered her upper body completely, with the red Fairy Tail guild emblem on her left chest. She also wore a blue skirt and black thigh-high boots that accentuated her long, shapely legs.
To Nate, her attire resembled more that of a kingdom knight than a mage. In fact, her magic was aptly nad 'The Knight'.
"Hello, Erza-san, I'm Lucy," Lucy greeted quickly, rembering how Mira had ntioned Erza as one of the S-Class mages in the guild.
'Wow, she's so intimidating', Lucy thought, feeling slightly scared.
Noticing Lucy's tension, Erza made an effort to smile warmly.
"Now that you've joined the guild, we're family. Don't hesitate to co to if you encounter any difficulties," Erza offered kindly.
"You heard that, Lucy? If you run into trouble, ask Erza-senpai for help," Nate said with a nod, secretly thinking, 'Please don't bother anymore, I just want to slack off.'
"You don't have to call senpai, just use my na," Erza insisted, always serious in both words and deanor. She then turned her attention to Nate.
"I've heard a lot about you since I returned," she began. "The guild master praised your magic internet, saying it would bring about a revolution in the magic world."
"And as a mage, you also wield powerful magic beyond that!"
Her tone was filled with admiration.
Just as Nate was about to downplay it modestly, her tone shifted.
"Let's put the internet aside for now. Since you possess such strong magic, why don't you spar with and show your strength?"
As soon as she said this, the guild burst into excitent.
"Erza's going to spar with Nate?"
"That's going to be an epic battle!"
"I'm looking forward to it!"
The atmosphere quickly shifted from quiet to buzzing with excitent, though Nate felt speechless.
'Good news: Erza didn't want to form a team with . Bad news: she wants to fight .'
Why is this bad news? Because Nate suspected that if he won, Erza would just keep challenging him. And as for losing... well, as a man, he didn't want to lose to a woman.
Before Nate could respond, Natsu leaped into the fray with enthusiasm:
"Ahahaha! Erza, you're going to fight Nate? Fight first! This ti, I'll definitely win!"
With his fighting spirit ignited, flas engulfed Natsu as he charged at Erza.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fi—"
Before he could finish, Erza swiftly turned and delivered a lightning-fast punch to Natsu's abdon.
With a loud bang, Natsu hit the floor, knocked out in a single blow.
"Hahaha, serves him right, that idiot Natsu," Gray laughed in schadenfreude.
Mira stood up, trying to stop things from escalating. "Wait a minute, Erza. You and Nate shouldn't spar inside the guild. You'll destroy the place."
"You're right. Let's head to the lake behind the guild," Erza said seriously, then turned to Nate. "Co with ."
'I haven't even agreed yet, and she's acting like it's a done deal...'
Nate watched as Erza approached him, stopping right in front of him.
"Do you need ti to prepare? I'll wait," she said with a smile. "Don't worry. I'm a considerate person."
'Your idea of being considerate is all wrong', Nate thought.
Realizing there was no avoiding it, he sighed.
"Before we fight, promise one thing."
"We're family in this guild, so I'll agree to anything," Erza said confidently.
"If you lose, promise not to challenge to another fight."
Erza was montarily taken aback but quickly smiled. She was confident—this wasn't bluster, she genuinely believed she would win.
They stared at each other for a few seconds.
"I promise. I'll wait for you by the lake," she said before walking out of the guild, her stride full of determination.
...
Behind Fairy Tail, there was a massive lake that could easily be mistaken for a sea.
Now, by the lakeside, Nate and Erza stood about ten ters apart.
A hundred ters away, a group of guild mbers had gathered to watch the spectacle.
...
Fairy Tail Bonds of Love Group Chat:
Macao: "It's starting! Ti to place bets!"
Wakaba: "I bet on Erza, 200 points!"
Levy: "As strong as Nate is, just from comparing their magic, Erza's is stronger. I'll put 100 points on her too!"
Lucy: "Why are you all betting points?"
I'm Too Popular: "You can earn money from missions, but you don't get many chances to earn points."
Mira: "Loke, change your userna to your real na in the group chat."
Loke: "@Mira, done. I'm betting 200 points on Erza too."
Mira: "Let guess, Macao started this betting."
Mira: "@Macao, I'm betting 500 points on Nate!"
Macao: "Why do you have so many points?!"
Mira: "That's a secret, smile.jpg."
Wakaba: "Damn, Nate must've given you those points. I'm so jealous, cry.jpg."
Happy: "Oooh, sothing's going on here~~~ smirk.jpg."
Lucy: "Wait, when did Happy join? And why can a cat even go online?"
Happy: "Silly Lucy, I have fingers too! rage.jpg."
Macao: "Enough with the distractions, get your bets in before the fight starts!"
...
Nate glanced at the crowd, their fingers tapping away furiously on their devices. He didn't even need to check the group chat to know what was going on.
"Stand back, all of you. If you get caught up in this, I'm not taking responsibility."
With that, he turned to Erza. "Let's start."
"Nate, you go first," Erza said, displaying her knightly virtue by allowing her opponent the first move.
"Requip!"
In a flash of light, a simple sword appeared in Erza's hand.
Seeing this, Nate didn't say anything. He simply observed her.
With his Six Eyes, nothing about Erza's magic was hidden from him.
Her magic power was around 4 stars—much higher than his own.
But magic power is just energy, and magic itself is how that energy is used.
If he were to make an analogy, magic power was like the fuel in a car, and magic was the engine.
"Alright then, here I go."
Nate's magic power flared up, concentrating into his fist.
Boom!
His fist struck the ground beside him, as if breaking through space itself.
In the next mont, the surface of the lake erupted, sending a hundred-ter-high tidal wave crashing toward Erza.
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