"There it is! Summoning four monsters at once!" Lucy exclaimed in surprise.
With such massive sizes, they obviously look strong. How can he maintain four of them at the same time?
Hapi pointed to the two large crabs, "Lucy, you're so dumb. There are six of them."
Lucy decided to ignore him.
"Oh~" Natsu felt the magic power in his body rapidly recovering and was both excited and a bit upset, "Why do you guys get a double share while Gray and I only get one each?"
"Not enough slots, just manage with it. Mira and I will take the lead," Rhode stretched his neck, "Receiving·Mountain Dragon Soul!"
Rhode and Mira exchanged a glance and nodded slightly.
The earth-colored dragon wings and black demon wings flapped simultaneously as the two of them shot out like arrows from a bow.
"Die!" Lalabai opened its mouth, spewing dozens of magic bullets, sweeping down like a machine gun.
Rhode and Mira weaved skillfully through the barrage, occasionally even giving each other a slight punch to help dodge.
"Hey, hey, are those attacks coming our way?" The presidents were a bit uneasy, as some of them weren't really adept at combat.
Lucy was just as flustered, "Hapi, take me and fly away quickly!"
"I'm out of magic power, and there's really nothing to worry about." Hapi was much calmer than Lucy.
The summoned beasts left by the presidents, Erza, Gray, and Rhode were here, so there wouldn't be any trouble.
Sure enough, a golem stepped in front of Lucy, raising its arm to block all the attacks for the two of them.
Another golem and two tree monsters were doing the same thing, protecting the presidents, who were either nervous or calm.
The two golems that were hit were almost unharmed, while the tree monsters were slightly damaged but could recover quickly.
Where they couldn't defend, Gray and Erza were present, one using an Ice Shield, the other in Vajra Armor.
Gray's rapidly executed Shaping Magic and Erza's instant Requip into the Magic Armor elicited a wave of admiration.
Rhode and Mira had already advanced to Lalabai's front, their fists striking upwards simultaneously on its chin.
Lalabai's wide-open mouth snapped shut with a crack, and the two magic bullets that hadn't been fully discharged exploded inside, with smoke billowing out of its seven orifices.
Moreover, Lalabai's massive body was knocked off the ground, toppling backward to the ground.
The forest trees were crushed like weeds under its body, as if the entire forest shook along with it.
"A single punch took down such a big monster!"
"Not just taken down, it's more like it sent it flying, right?"
"Is that really a way for mages to fight?"
"That's Demon Mira and the Fairy Tail Strategist for you!"
"A demon is one thing, but is there a strategist who charges straight to the front lines like that? And is that strong?"
What's the big deal? Our First Generation Fairy Tail Strategist uses Super Magic to fight. Rhode is just... ordinary.
Makarov was inwardly overjoyed, listening to his old friends praising his children, as it was the happiest thing in the world.
Lalabai struggled, trying to get up.
But before it could lift its head high, Natsu had already charged forward and leapt up to kick its face: "Fire Dragon's Claw!"
"Ouch!" Lalabai's massive body began to tilt.
Gray stood on the other side, bringing his fists together: "Ice-Make: Lance!"
Dozens of ice spears shot at Lalabai's other cheek, interestingly, the ice bore red flames.
"Ugh!" The ice spears exploded on Lalabai's face with a rumble, rudely helping it maintain its balance.
"Requip: Purgatory Armor!" Erza sensed her magic power recovering, donning the strongest armor she currently could.
"Purgatory Boundary!"
The black serrated saber, enveloped in red flames, fiercely struck Lalabai on the back of the head.
"Wow!" Lalabai's backside caved in, almost shattered by Erza's strike.
The gigantic form was lifted again by this blow, as if Erza had forcibly helped it perform a sit-up.
This position and posture were just perfect, as Rhode and Mira were right above its head:
"Mountain Dragon's Roar!"
"Soul... Destruction!"
Rhode unleashed an earth-colored rocky storm from his mouth, while Mira shot black-purple shockwaves from her hands.
The two powerful attacks landed on Lalabai, distinctly merging in harmony, enveloping its newly upright upper body completely.
"Aaaah…" Lalabai let out a wail of agony as the ground beneath it cracked, a circular trench with a gap formed around it by Rhode and Mira's attack.
"Everyone is so strong..." Lucy had never seen such a splendid coordinated attack, and the power of these moves far exceeded her imagination.
Rhode wasn't entirely satisfied because he had heard of a type of combined magic.
As long as two people were in sync, they could merge their magics into one, creating an even more powerful effect, rather than just fighting separately as they were now.
However, at least they didn't interfere with each other.
"It's not over yet!" Natsu yelled, "Gray, punch me!"
Gray didn't hesitate to punch towards Natsu, not knowing his intent, but… punch now, ask later.
If there's a plan, all the better. If not, punching Natsu is still satisfying.
What he didn't expect was Natsu opening his mouth to bite down as the punch came.
"Hey, hey, let go, that's disgusting!"
"Thanks for the treat!"
Natsu wasn't interested in Gray's fist, only the red fire attached to it.
Two flames of slightly differing colors flared from Natsu's hands. He lifted them overhead:
"Merge the flame from the left hand with the one from the right..."
"Natsu, you idiot! That's the meeting venue!" Rhode had a deep impression of this move, knowing its power wasn't something to mess with.
He flipped his body upside down, "Mira, launch me down!"
"Got it!" Mira curled her legs up to step on Rhode's feet and pushed down hard.
Rhode plummeted like a meteor, barely landing when Natsu made his move.
"Fire Dragon's... Blazing Flame!"
"Mountain Dragon's... Iron Fortress!"
The scorching flames emanated from between Natsu's hands, engulfing Lalabai's body and spreading outward.
The ground rumbled as a tall, solid, mountainous wall rose quickly, encircling Lalabai within with an opening only in Natsu's direction.
"Rhode can use that move now?" This time, even Makarov was astonished.
"What a tremendously powerful Earth Magic!"
"Is he the Jura of Rock Iron?"
Natsu's flames couldn't breach the mountain wall but were instead concentrated by it, raising the central temperature even higher.
Rhode not only preserved the meeting venue but created a gigantic oven for Lalabai.