Chapter 71 Reunion of Master and Disciple, Ultear
Chapter 71 Reunion of Master and Disciple, Ultear
Top of the ruins.
Lucy and Happy stared in astonishment as the enormous purple magic circle slowly dissipated.
They were just performing the Moon Drop ritual, completing the final gathering of moonlight energy.
"Disappeared? That means Deliora's absolute freeze has been lifted?"
Lucy stood up and carefully felt the ground, which was no longer trembling.
"Lucy, do you think Chase's plan to restore Master Gray to human form will really succeed?"
Happy stared at the floor with a worried expression. "Demons and stuff...that sounds really scary..."
"Chesgo will definitely be fine!"
Lucy trusted Chase completely, even though what he said sounded a bit far-fetched.
"Now that the ceremony is over, we should be able to leave, right? Or should we go down and take a look?"
"Okay, Lucy, you lead the way, I'm a little scared."
Harpy deftly shielded Lucy in front of him.
"You damn cat! Can't you show some manly courage and responsibility?!"
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The bottom layer of the ruins.
As the light and the chilling smoke gradually dissipated, Uru took slightly stiff steps and came to stand in front of Gray and Leon, who were standing at the very front.
Having just been resurrected, she seemed not to have gotten used to being in a completely frozen state, and shook her head with a slight headache.
Looking around at the completely unfamiliar surroundings, Uru smiled and politely asked, "Hey, you two handsome gentlemen, may I ask where this is?"
Gray and Leon both stood frozen in place.
Familiar faces, familiar voices, familiar smiles...
The dreamlike scene before them caused their brains to freeze, making it impossible for them to distinguish whether it was a dream or reality.
Uru...she's resurrected?
Roar! ! !
A deafening roar from a demon shattered the eerie atmosphere.
Deliora's eyes flashed with a deep red light as he stared intently at Uru, who stood on the ice.
Clearly, it recognized the human who had frozen it for so long, and its resentment and killing intent had reached their peak!
"Deliora?!"
Uru was suddenly startled. "You must leave quickly! This monster's power is far too dangerous!"
The moment she turned around and saw Deliora, still not fully awake, she almost instinctively stood in front of Gray and Leon, her clasped hands shrouded in ice, just like back then.
However, having just been resurrected, her control over magic is still in a rather chaotic state.
The magic spell, once created, shattered into fragments and scattered in all directions.
"How could this be...?"
Just as Uru looked on in despair, Deliora suddenly let out a painful cry.
Immediately following, with a "crack," as it attempted to launch an attack, its entire body began to uncontrollably crack.
The cracks continued to spread and expand, and in just a few seconds, Deliora collapsed with a bang, turning into a pile of wasteland and debris!
"Could it be that after so many years of being frozen in ice, Deliora's life force has already reached its limit?"
"Uru...she defeated Deliora?!"
Leon watched helplessly as the demon he had longed for for so many years vanished with the wind, unable to accept such an outcome.
Compared to his broken state, Gray, who had recovered from his shock, dragged his heavily injured body and staggered towards Uru step by step.
"Uru, you really are Uru..."
"I'm so sorry, I'm so very sorry..."
"It was all because of my recklessness and ignorance that you were harmed, that you paid the price with your life!"
In the end, Gray still didn't have the courage to stand in front of his master. He knelt on the ground, trembling all over, and covered his face, which was constantly streaming with tears.
The sudden turn of events caught Urumqi off guard.
The figure sobbing and repenting before my eyes gradually overlapped with the lovely child standing under the snow, until it completely covered him.
"Are you... Gray?"
Uru's pupils suddenly contracted, and he tentatively asked a question.
With a vague suspicion in her mind, her voice trembled slightly.
"Although I don't know what happened, the current situation is exactly what I wanted!"
"Uru! I will defeat you! Surpass you! I will prove that my shape-shifting magic is the strongest!!"
Leon roared madly, conjuring a giant ice ape with magic in his hand, and charged toward Uru without regard for anything else.
"If he is Gray, then you..."
Uru stood still without flinching, but instead smiled and opened his arms.
Splash!
At the moment of imminent collision, the Frost Giant Ape shattered with a deafening roar, turning into countless falling ice crystals and snowflakes.
"It must be Leon, right?"
Amidst the swirling snowflakes, Uru gently embraced Leon, softly sighing, "I never imagined that you two would both grow into such outstanding mages..."
"Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!"
"I was supposed to surpass you, so why, why am I feeling so joyful and fortunate right now..."
After a period of intense struggle, recalling Chase's earlier words, Leon finally realized and understood his own heart.
In an instant, all his strength was drained away, and he buried his head in Uru's arms, crying like a child who never grew up.
Thus, the three masters and disciples completed their mutual redemption after many years of separation.
Meanwhile, on the back of a rock in a corner of the cave.
"Form restoration? Does that mean he'll revert from being an ice-bound Uru back to human form?"
"How is this possible? How is this possible! Even my Arc of Time couldn't achieve this!"
Urudia leaned helplessly against the rock, her mind in complete chaos. All her composure and calmness vanished the moment Urudia was resurrected.
Urutia's feelings towards her mother, Uru, can be described as a mixture of love and hate.
She loved Uru, who took meticulous care of her and loved her dearly.
What I hate is that Uru, who heartlessly abandoned his own daughter for the sake of two outsiders.
Hate may stem from misunderstandings, but love is deeply rooted.
She joined the dark guild Devil's Heart because she wanted to find the legendary dark mage Zeref and realize the "Great Magic World" mentioned by Guild Master Hades, so as to return to the past.
Go back to that wonderful time, and become the person you were before you hated your mother!
Therefore, Urudia did not know how to face her "resurrected" mother.
Just then, Lucy and Happy, who were full of cunning, arrived.
Looking at the scene before them, both of them were filled with suspicion. They pulled Natsu to a corner and whispered their inquiries.
"Although I'm not happy to interrupt your rare reunion, but..."
Chess glanced sideways at the rock where Urutia was hiding, then stepped forward and stood in front of the three Urutia disciples who were tightly embracing each other.
He cleared his throat, deliberately raising his voice a few decibels.
"Uru, may I ask if you have any other relatives besides Gray and Leon?"
"I saw someone at the Magic Council who looked and had a name very similar to yours, her name was..."
"Urutia".
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