Façade | Jerza

7 | The Strongest of Contenders

The Twilight Ogre guild master, Banaboster, laughed at Jellal's boldness to challenge him, unaware Jellal was affiliated with the Ten Wizard Saints. He mockingly laughed, "This kid will beat the crap out of us? I'd like to see him try."

Jellal raised an eyebrow, "You will regret saying that."

Erza requipped into her Giant Armour, "You'd be wise to run."

"I'm so scared!" Banaboster howled, to which Natsu fisted his hands.

Natsu was beyond angry, "You ruined my dinner."

"Oh, did I?"

"I will avenge my meal! Fire Dragon: Wing Attack!" charged Natsu, destroying the building while Erza tried stopping him.

"Idiot! Are you trying to destroy the entire port again?" demanded Erza, grabbing the Dragon Slayer from his scarf.

Natsu had tears in his eyes, wailing like a child, "They ruined my food! I won't forgive them!"

Natsu released himself from Erza's grip and drew in a large breath. "FIRE DRAGON: ROARRRR!"

Jellal joined him in the fray, appearing behind the guild members before they could even notice. He extended his arm behind him before sending magic from his palm, "Heavenly Arrows!"

All the rays struck the members simultaneously, causing them to collapse from the spell.

"Aw man, I thought you'd do that seven meteor spell," whined Natsu.

"If I did that, it would destroy the entire area. I'm not trying to get fined, Natsu."

"Well suit yourself, I'm going to show everyone how great of a Wizard Saint I can be!"

Natsu overexerted himself, pulling out all the stops to defeat the members while Erza just stood there, stunned. She let the two deal with the handful of mages, returning to her original attire.

Jellal overwhelmed the members by moving around them at an incomprehensible speed. The easiest way was simply kicking them, and Jellal went overboard when he booted one member across the town.

"Who is he?" gasped the guild master, only the stare at Natsu in shock as he attacked him with full force. "GAH!" he tried dragging himself away from Natsu.

"Now I'm all fired up!" howled the Dragon Slayer.

Erza noticed there was still one person left, and they were trying to ambush Jellal from behind. "Jellal, look out!"

She summoned a sword and rushed towards the intruder, not recognizing them. She held a sword at his throat while Jellal jumped away from the threat whimsically.

"Transformation magic?" whispered Erza, caught off guard that the mage turned into a waitress yet again. She clutched her weapon even tighter, "You can't fool me, speak! Who are you?"

The mage revealed themselves as the Chairman of the Magic Council. Erza jumped away from the man when she realized who it was. The S-Class wizards gaped as they witnessed the rest of the ordeal unpleasantly. Natsu finished off the mages with an attack that destroyed an unoccupied building.

"Jellal," greeted Crawford.

"Chairman," Jellal cleared his throat, "might I ask, what are you doing at this hour dressed as a waitress?"

"Well, I couldn't help but wonder what you were doing—letting prisoners out at midnight."

"Fairy Tail was not aware of the trial, so they're going to be worried if we don't return by the morning. That's why I let them go, I do have that kind of authority."