Fairy Tail: Strongest Creature

The chamber echoed with Bailo's grating laughter until a towering shadow loomed in the doorway. 

"Enough." 

A hulking black cat in polished armor strode forward, silencing the room. Pantherlily's golden eyes narrowed at the officers. "Your squabbling disgusts me." 

Hughes puffed out his chest. "Who asked you, furball?!" 

Lily's clawed gauntlet slammed into the wall, cracking stone. "The king's vision exceeds your petty ambitions. We secure Edolas' future—*permanently*." 

Erza Knightwalker twirled her spear. "The Fairy Tail vermin still scurry free. That displeases His Majesty." 

"Who cares about pests?" Sugarboy adjusted his goggles. "Our super-crystal's ready! Ten years of magic, baby!" 

Lily's tail lashed. "*Ten years?* Pathetic. His Majesty demands eternity." 

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**Edolas Royal Palace** 

"More." King Faust's voice reverberated through the obsidian throne room. "The crystal's power is insufficient." 

Advisor Coco trembled. "B-But Your Majesty, it holds Earthland's entire magical—" 

"**More.**" Faust's gaze burned. "Strip their world bare. Every spark. Every soul." 

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**Journey to the Capital** 

Natsu pestered Lisanna as they trekked. "So you've been here *two years*? Why not contact us?!" 

"I tried!" Lisanna hugged Happy tighter. "After the mission accident, I woke here. Edolas' Fairy Tail… they'd lost their Lisanna. I couldn't abandon them." 

Su Yan flicked her forehead. "Yet you hid from *us*." 

"Ow! I thought you'd blame me for disappearing!" 

Wendy glanced at Edolas Lucy, who marched ahead scowling. "Why's *she* here?" 

"To stop you idiots from dying," Lucy snapped. "The Royal Army's dragons eat fools like you for breakfast." 

Su Yan smirked. "Funny. I planned to barbecue those dragons." 

"Arrogant fool! Their Mechadrakes shred cities!" 

"Then I'll mince them." Su Yan's scales rippled faintly. "For Lisanna's sake, I'll spare your kingdom—if they kneel." 

Lisanna whispered, "Brother Su Yan… Their power's unimaginable." 

"So's mine." He nodded ahead. 

The capital's spires pierced the horizon, crowned by a pulsating crystal monolith. Thousands of Earthland's mages floated inside it—Mira, Elfman, and Fairy Tail among them. 

Happy's fur stood on end. "We're really doing this?" 

Natsu's flames ignited. "Hell yeah! Time to crack that crystal!"