Fairy Tail Destiny

"Hey, the people who were trapped inside the cards... have they been saved?" Sitting on the pursuing ship, Lucy suddenly spoke up, trying to break the heavy, indescribable sense of oppression lingering in the air.

And the source of that oppressive atmosphere was none other than Noel, who stood at the bow of the ship, his back facing everyone, arms crossed, with a stern and grim expression.

His entire presence radiated an inexplicable sense of danger.

"The army has already been notified... it should have been resolved by now," Gray responded in a slightly hushed voice, as if afraid that speaking too loudly might disturb Noel at the bow.

"That's good then..." Lucy muttered, falling silent again, her gaze drifting toward Natsu, who, as expected, was slumped over the ship, half-dead from seasickness.

"I can feel it..." Noel, who had remained silent since boarding the ship, suddenly spoke.

"Feel it? Feel what?" Hearing him, everyone turned their attention to Noel, who was still facing away from them at the bow.

"...An extremely sinister and dark presence... and for some reason, it also feels strangely familiar to me." Noel lifted his head, his clear gaze seemingly piercing through the vast distance, locking onto a certain blue-haired man in a black robe inside the ominous-looking tower exuding an eerie aura.

Suddenly, Natsu, who had been lying at the stern like a corpse, shot up and looked around, mumbling to himself, "What's going on? This dangerous feeling... what is it...?"

At that moment, something shocking happened—birds that had been flying in the sky suddenly dropped one after another, as if life had been drained from them in an instant, their lifeless bodies falling into the sea.

"The birds...!"