The holy light banished the darkness.

  The brilliance of "Fairy Law" shone brightly across the isnd.

  On the ship anchored by the shore, Simon and the others were momentarily blinded by the intense light.

  "Is Erza going to be okay?" someone asked anxiously.

  "This kind of radiance... could it be Super Magic?" another wondered aloud.

  "It must be Nate's magic," Simon said solemnly. Unable to assist in the battle, they had been instructed to stay aboard the ship, watching from afar as the "Tower of Heaven" was engulfed in holy light.

  "All we can do now is wait," Simon added.

  After a long moment, the divine light began to fade.

  In the top room of the Tower of Heaven, all eyes immediately turned to Jell.

  "Huff... huff..." Jell panted heavily, shielding his face with his hands. His once-blue hair had turned completely white, and his clothes appeared bleached, stripped of all color.

  "It seems I’ve failed," Nate remarked casually, spreading his hands. "The magic wasn’t even half as powerful as the Guild Master's."

  Though the magic had drained three stars of magic power, Nate cked the experience and technique to execute it perfectly, thus diminishing its effectiveness.

  "It was still more than enough!" Jura said, his voice steady. "Jell’s energy has plummeted. He’s exhausted much of his magic power to counter your spell!"

  Wendy and Erza stared in awe.

  "Heh... heh heh..."

  Suddenly, Jell's shoulders began to shake as he let out a mad ugh. "You almost won."

  With a burst of magic power, Jell took off into the air, surrounded by a golden glow.

  "You’ve all come to stand in my way! You all deserve to die!" he screamed in fury, raising his arms above his head and crossing them.

  "Fall into the depths of eternal darkness—Heavenly Body Magic: Abyss Break!"

  A gust of wind swept through as dark magic began to coalesce above Jell’s head, forming a bck mass resembling a bck hole. The shadows of everyone on the ground were drawn toward it, pulled closer by its immense gravitational force.

  "Be careful, Nate! That magic is dangerous!" Erza shouted in warning.

  "If I were you, I’d be running by now," Nate advised calmly. "You’re not counting on the Etherion cannon to come down and help, are you?"

  Jell's face twisted in frustration.

  Jura frowned. "Etherion?"

  "The completion of the R-System requires a tremendous amount of magic power, and this tower was designed to absorb it," Nate expined. "But the Etherion won’t fall. Your dream is doomed to fail."

  Jura immediately pieced together the information, recalling Siegrain’s infiltration of the Magic Council. It all made sense now—no wonder he needed a Thought Projection.

  "Damn it... Erza, this is all your fault!" Jell shouted, his eyes filled with rage as he gred at her. Knowing that the Etherion wouldn’t come, even if he defeated Nate and Jura, the R-System could never be completed. And now, having expended so much magic fighting "Fairy Law," he wasn’t confident in defeating them.

  "You should’ve never escaped all those years ago. You’ve been a thorn in my side ever since!"

  Jell’s bck hole was fully formed. He hurled it down—not at Jura or Nate, but directly at Erza.

  "Iron Rock Wall!"

  The ever-reliable Jura cpped his hands together, and five steel-like rock walls rose from the ground to shield Erza. The bck hole collided with the walls, its immense gravitational force tearing through them one by one.

  The first wall shattered, then the second... in a matter of moments, all five were obliterated.

  But by then, Nate had already stepped in front of Erza, his right hand raised to block the incoming bck hole.

  Boom!

  The csh of magic sent shockwaves through the tower, causing the ground to tremble.

  "You’ve gone to all the trouble of building the Tower of Heaven, and now you’re trying to tear it down?" Nate couldn’t help but ugh, though he was also puzzled. 'Why is Jell still so obsessed, even though Ultear removed the brainwashing long ago?'

  "For a free world! For Zeref! To create a truly free nation!" Jell screamed in a crazed frenzy, his voice filled with rage. "Just give me another eight years—no, five years this time!"

  His fingers traced a magic circle in the air, and within moments, it was complete.

  "Forbidden Magic: Abyss Break!"

  "Erza, Nate, Jura... you will all sink to the bottom of the sea with this tower!"

  Jura's face paled. 'Abyss Break', a forbidden magic that combined the elements of earth, water, fire, and wind. From the magic power radiating from it, Jura could tell that it was powerful enough to destroy not just them, but the entire Tower of Heaven. Its destructive force was so great that it had been cssified as forbidden magic.

  "Supreme King Rock Crush!"

  Jura gritted his teeth, smming his hands together as he unleashed his full magic power. Two enormous hands made of rock erupted from the tower, resembling the fists of an enraged giant, and smashed into Jell.

  Boom!

  The force of the impact prevented Jell from unleashing Abyss Break, and the massive rock hands crushed him. The rocks then exploded, sending debris flying and shaking the tower to its core.

  Jell plummeted from the tower, tumbling down toward the sea.

  This scene, too, was broadcast via satellite magic.

  The council members watching at headquarters breathed a collective sigh of relief.

  Ultear shook her head gently, thinking to herself: 'As expected, Jell failed. Poor Jell.'

  Chairman Crawford Seam immediately opened the Magic Net to send a message.

  Crawford Seam: "Jell has been defeated. Prepare to apprehend him."

  Meanwhile, near the Tower of Heaven, several Magic Council warships began moving in, heading toward the isnd.

  Back in the tower, the bck hole began to shrink and disappear.

  Nate lowered his hand, turning to Erza. "How are your injuries?"

  "I can move again. Thank you—you saved me again."

  Erza nodded gratefully, then thanked Wendy, who was still in a bit of a daze, before walking over to the broken wall and peering outside.

  Jell was still falling from the top of the tower. Given the height, it would take a little time before he hit the ground.

  Jura exhaled deeply and joined her at the edge.

  "If it had been a one-on-one fight, I wouldn’t have stood a chance. It’s thanks to your Fairy Law, Nate."

  "You were amazing too."

  With a thought, Nate transformed into a beam of golden light, shooting down toward Jell.

  He reached the ground first and cast a spell to slow Jell’s fall.

  With a thud, Jell hit the ground on his back, kicking up a cloud of dust.

  Nate stood over him, looking down.

  "To withstand Fairy Law... you’re quite something."

  'Although, that was partly because I held back...' Nate extended a finger, and a small, white "Worm of Time" emerged from the tip, crawling onto Jell’s face.

  "Let’s see how well you handle my 'Worms of Time.'"