Chapter 155: Even if I am not here, I will still mock you
"The White Team's crystal tower is ahead !"
Gray felt excited at the thought that he could make Kira fail once.
Whoosh—bang!
A swift green laser came from the shadow of the path ahead, and scattered Gray and Juvia who were running. Then, several baby-like voices were heard, and at the same time, a tall black and purple figure appeared. It was Bigusro and his puppet pets, Pippi, Bobo, Papa, Beibei, and Bubu.
Bigusro is relatively old , at the age of 22. The helmet on his head and the purple-black clothes add a touch of mystery to his tall figure. Therefore, when he stands with his companions, he always appears to have a strong aura.
His magic, Star Map·Puppet Possession, involves attaching souls to puppets and arranging the puppets into certain patterns to attack. The puppets can be replaced.
Kira once strongly recommended that he use the ones sold in his store, those that looked obviously cooler, or some figures that looked like guild companions, but he directly rejected them all, saying that he didn't like those flashy things even more, which made Kira confused.
[“As a member of the Thunder God Clan, can’t you get yourself a life-size model like Felide collected Laxus’s model?”]
[“No, I still like my babies more~”]
Kira felt that the reason why Bigusro was so insistent was because small props were easier to carry and attack. Otherwise, no figure enthusiast would not be tempted by a model as tall as a person, but would instead prefer simple wooden products.
"Is it you after Marcus? Bigusro..."
Juvia didn't know anyone from the Thunder God Clan, but Gray did and had some understanding of his strength, but not complete knowledge.
"Hehe... come on, babies!"
Bigusro controlled his puppet to fly towards the two people.
"Go on, go on!"
“Ohhhh!”
Hearing the master's order, the five small puppets, each with their own consciousness, echoed and spit out attacking the two.
Whoosh—bang! Boom!
The five puppets cooperated well with each other, and followed closely behind Gray. The lasers were accurate and fast, and each attack brought a violent explosion. In this environment surrounded by rocks and grass, with only a straight road in the middle, even Gray could not face the attack head-on for a while, and could only choose to dodge.
Fortunately, their attack speed was not fast. Gray dodged a "straight line formation" by diving sideways, and then jumped back to avoid the "five elements formation". Then... he thought of a way to deal with it.
"Ice creation, hammer!"
He clasped his hands together and cast ice shaping magic. A huge ice hammer fell from the sky and smashed into Bigusro.
Bigusro's height is one of the tallest in the entire guild. Not only does he have a long tongue, but more importantly, his hands and feet are also long and flexible. He easily jumped away from the sledgehammer, but then he heard the sound of an object falling, and at the same time lost contact with his babies.
Snap… Snap…
"You've been fooled!"
Gray smiled triumphantly. His real purpose was not to attack with the ice hammer, but to freeze the five puppets. The plan was successful. Now Bigusro had no puppets to attack...
Wait! What is that?
[“In that case, do you want to change the skin of your baby?”]
[“Change your skin?”]
[“Yes, yes. You don’t want anything to happen to your babies, do you?”]
"What is this?!"
Under Gray's shocked gaze, several dolls seemed to come alive and struggled to break free from the ice that wrapped their bodies. The dolls suspended in the air took off their simple wooden shells, revealing their true appearance.
The figurine toy is still Bigusro’s favorite model. The shape is no different from the original one. It looks like a wooden barrel with eyes and a mouth carved on it, plus two wings. The most obvious difference between the two is the material!
The doll in front of me was obviously made of a special metal. Under the sunlight, its silvery-white skin reflected a faint luster.
"That's... sage metal!" Gray recognized the raw materials used to make it at a glance.
"Sage...metal?" Juvia asked curiously, "Gray-sama, what is sage metal?"
She didn't know why, but when she heard this name that was so embarrassing to say out loud, she felt that it must be related to Kira .
Gray explained: "A few years ago, Kira's Hope House launched a metal named after his nickname. According to him, it was an accidental product of an experiment. This metal is very effective in engraving magic circles."
What is certain now is that Bigusro bought these doll toys from Kira, because this special metal is only available in Kira's store in the whole of Magnolia.
But the material is not the main difference between them. The main difference is that Pippi, Bobo, Baba, Beibei and Bubu in front of him are obviously not simple puppets. Gray can see that there are magic circles engraved in their bodies, so they are real magic props!
It's the kind of magic props with special effects sold in Kira's shop!
Just now, Bigusro's puppets were frozen by its ice and could not continue to fight. This was equivalent to an attack that was enough to completely destroy them. So they activated the magic circles engraved in their bodies and broke free from the ice in one go.
Gray was very unhappy. He felt that he was being ridiculed by both Kira and Bigusro.
"Even if you're not here, you're still intervening in other people's battles? Kira is such an annoying guy!"
'It seems that we need to re-evaluate Bigusro's strength.' Gray thought, 'High attack, medium speed, low defense, the activation of the modeling eye requires eye contact, so it is not used easily. Usually, he relies on these five puppets to fight. The new puppet that Kira transformed for him has overcome the original weakness of being easily damaged, which undoubtedly strengthens his strength in disguise...'
In the original timeline of Fairy Tail, the two had a brief fight during the civil war, but at that time Bigslow had just appeared and had the aura of a novice, so Gray couldn't beat him, but now it's different.
This is not a puppet shop, and there is no Felide's magic. Unfortunately, Bigusro's star map puppet magic is still difficult to resist, and he still has the modeling eye magic that can control people's souls that he has not used.
"What kind of magic was that just now?"
Gray asked Bigusro, now he needed to know how much magic was engraved on the puppets and what kind of magic it was, otherwise he would have no way to fight. What if those puppets suddenly used super-standard magic such as [Gravity] or [Crush], then what could he do to fight?
"You are hopelessly naive to ask your opponent such a question in battle, Gray!" Bigusro stuck out his long tongue, revealing the guild emblem tattooed on it, and smiled, "But I don't hate naive people."
I don't know if it was because the friendship of the guild was more important than anything else, or because Bigusro had become stupid and decided to reveal his abilities to have a fair fight with Gray, or maybe he simply wanted to show off his treasures, but he proudly talked about the magic on the doll.
"My babies only have one kind of magic in their bodies, and that is repair magic! As long as they are attacked to a certain extent, the magic circle will be activated and repair them or get them out of abnormal state. In other words, it will be useless if you want to destroy or freeze them!"
Repair magic involves time and space. It is a magic that can restore objects to their original appearance. It should be triggered only after the doll is destroyed, but Gray's freezing is also taken into account. Obviously, Kira added other triggering conditions for it.
If it can’t be broken or frozen, what else can we do?
Bigusro's voice was loud, so Gray heard it clearly and expressed his opinion unhappily: "Really, why are those involved with Kira so unreasonable."
"Although you are younger than me, you are quite capable, Gray."
