There's techniques, magic crystals, a militia team, and each guild member is responsible for guarding a specific area...
Rhode diligently arranged everything, pondering a myriad of battle plans, afraid that ordinary people might get hurt or the city might suffer damage.
Then the enemy came, the old man took action, and the enemy was gone.
The messy arrangements were of no use at all.
Makarov chuckled and asked, "Want to learn?"
Rhode looked up at the sky and said sadly, "I'm learning."
Kildas looked at Rhode with respect, "You're learning super magic?"
"Yeah, I saw it in the guild library, but... sigh," Rhode sighed, "I've been chewing on the basics of magic for quite a while now."
Kildas patted Rhode's shoulder sympathetically. He had heard that Rhode had zero magic foundation a year ago, and the amount of magic knowledge needed to learn super magic was vast. Starting from the basics, it was uncertain how long it would take to get hands-on experience.
Anyway, he didn't have the patience. He believed that instead of learning all that complicated stuff, it was better to focus wholeheartedly on the smashing magic he excelled in.
Smashing all barriers, smashing enemy attacks, smashing the enemy itself, that was the demon path he pursued.
However, he wouldn't persuade Rhode, as he felt everyone had their own path.
Kildas turned back, smiling at the cheering people in the city, "Alright, the enemies are defeated, and the town is almost completely restored. Should we consider how to get back now?"
"Yes, that's indeed the primary issue," Makarov nodded, "The magic that brought us here is a super large subspace magic. After this kind of magic is executed, it should leave some traces.
"As long as we can find its 'traces', we can reverse it to return."
Makarov, knowledgeable, immediately came up with a solution.
Rhode said, "If we can't find it, we can still ask the enemy."
"I'll go now," Mira leaped from the edge of the floating island.
She intended to bring back the captain of the magic war team, Hughes, to see if Gemini could extract some information.
Rhode thought for a moment and added, "President, I think there's something we need to do before going back—we have to make sure the Edolas Kingdom doesn't unleash another Anima."
"Of course," the old man's gaze turned sharp, "This matter cannot pass easily."
"Makes sense," Kildas listened to their discussion, nodding continuously.
He was the type who preferred action over thinking.
When acting alone, he had to worry about everything, but now being back at the guild, with someone willing to think it through, he was more than happy to relax, just nodding along.
But listening to the discussion, Kildas suddenly felt amazed at the young people now. Even without him and the old man, he felt these young ones could handle this.
There might be some rough patches, but...
Looking at the guild members standing guard in various positions, the techniques surrounding Magnolia, and listening to Rhode discussing plans with Makarov earnestly, Kildas felt the outcome was bound to be good.
Unknowingly, the guild's next generation had grown...
The 45-year-old man's heart sighed, his thoughts drifting back to his younger days.
Kildas, in a daze, unknowingly took two steps forward and vaguely heard someone calling his name.
"Kildas!"
"Hmm?" Kildas came to his senses, realizing his face was getting closer and closer to the ground...
Bang!
Crash!
Rumble...
Rhode never expected that a forty-something uncle could, just like Wendy, execute such a smooth fall.
Moreover, the impact of the fall was surprisingly powerful.
Suddenly, a burst of white light emanated from the smooth ground around Kildas, with cracks spreading outwards from him, and the ground neatly transformed into tofu-sized blocks, causing the entire island to tremble—his smashing magic had gone out of control!
If it was on flat ground, the situation would be better; at most, it would create a pit and affect the surrounding buildings.
But this was a floating island.
The moment the ground shattered, it lost its buoyancy, with blocks falling off from the sky, and the nearby people naturally wouldn't escape.
Rhode and Makarov felt the ground vanish beneath their feet and began falling.
Even Kildas himself fell.
Rhode's mind went blank, thinking what Mira and Erza said was so right, he shouldn't have given him the potion!
"Partial Reception · Wings of the Cloud Sub-Dragon!"
A pair of blue and white wings appeared behind Rhode, with feathers as light as plumes, able to easily harness the power of the wind, gliding through the sky effortlessly.
He grabbed the president by the arm with his left hand, and Kildas by the ankle with his right...
Wood?
Rhode paused, giving Kildas a deep look, meeting his calm eyes.
He said nothing, simply flying the two back to the island.
Luckily, Kildas only smashed a corner of the island.
The destructive marks spread to within dozens of meters of Magnolia's edge, where rows of indistinguishable text flickered and hovered in mid-air.
Fried's technique had protected the town!
—From one of their own.
"What's with this?" Rhode couldn't help but find it amusing.
At this moment, Mira returned, carrying Hughes: "Suddenly, what happened here?"
Makarov, with a hint of irritation, said, "You ask him!"
Kildas: "Hahaha..."
Mira nodded, understanding immediately, no need to ask further.
Fried at the front, Ibarglin and Biguslo behind him, the three rushed over.
Fried glanced around and asked, "I sensed an attack on the technique, is there another enemy?"
Kildas looked at Fried: "Hahaha..."
The three members of the Thunder God Tribe exchanged looks, seemingly getting it.
The mayor hurried over as well.
Before he could speak, Kildas began to chuckle sheepishly, "Hahaha..."
The mayor sighed, realizing how crucial the 'Kildas Mode' was.
Damn Edolas, why did they have to bring Kildas over?
Considering the recent tremors, the group decided to explain everything to avoid unnecessary panic.
However, Kildas was prohibited from entering the technique's range, even from standing, and could only sit cross-legged at the technique's edge, sulking.
Half an hour later, calming efforts were completed, Gemini gathered intelligence, and Fairy Tail would divide into three teams to begin the next phase of their plan.
One team to stay and guard Magnolia, one to cooperate with the Transcenders and search for Anima's traces, and the last one to head to the Royal Capital.
Rhode was in the third team, along with Erza, Mira, and... Kildas.