Chapter 735: Reviving Ul
Chapter 735: Reviving Ul
"No... This can't be... How is this possible?"
Ultear clutched at her now ill-fitting clothes, which had become too large after her body shrunk, and stared at Feng Ye in disbelief, her face hidden behind the baggy fabric.
Feng Ye, amused by her flustered state, offered a gentle smile and asked, "Why not? How much do you think you understand about time magic?"
When it came to control over time, no one in this world could surpass him. Even the supreme deity, Chaos, the creator of this world, could not escape the freeze of his time-stopping ability.
The power of time derived from the Phantom Clock far exceeded anything in this world, and Feng Ye had mastered all magic in this world except for the One Magic, and even then, he had achieved the highest level in all other schools of magic.
In his eyes, Ultear's power over time seemed as naive as that of a ten-year-old girl, completely transparent.
"Y-You..."
Ultear's eyes, as she looked at Feng Ye, held a hint of fear, and she hugged her oversized clothes tightly, backing away unsteadily.
As the possessor of Arc of Time, she could clearly sense her own state and feel that her body was restrained by a powerful force of time, and indeed, her physical age seemed to be fixed.
Plop!
After taking two steps back, Ultear's small stature and oversized clothing caused her to trip over the hem of her dress, and she lost her balance, falling onto the ground.
As she fell, the clothes were pulled off, and Ultear landed on her backside, feeling a stinging pain. She cried out in surprise and quickly pulled her clothes back up, wrapping herself in them as she curled up and trembled, her eyes fixed on Feng Ye.
Feng Ye smiled at her discomposure.
There was nothing much to see from the young girl's body, of course, as he was no pervert. But Ultear's flustered state was rather interesting, reminiscent of how she had been many years ago.
"Wh-What are you looking at..."
In her panic, Ultear noticed Feng Ye's gaze and expression, and a wave of shame washed over her, causing her to grit her teeth and speak up.
Feng Ye gave a faint smile and said, "It's nothing. You can leave if you want, or would you like to stay and meet your mother, Ul, again?"
Ultear was slightly taken aback. "...What did you say?"
Feng Ye turned his head and looked at the distant frozen figure of Demon Deliora, who was sealed in ice. With a calm expression, he said, "Your mother is an excellent mage. I plan to save her life and reverse her Absolute Ice-Seal."
"Reverse the Absolute Ice-Seal?"
Ultear's eyes widened in shock, and her first instinct was to declare it impossible. The ice created by the Absolute Ice-Seal that her mother, Ul, had used to take Demon Deliora with her had life within it. And the Arc of Time was incapable of affecting living things, so it seemed impossible to reverse the Absolute Ice-Seal.
But then she thought of how Feng Ye had shrunk her body and even forcibly fixed her physical age at twelve. With such abilities, perhaps he truly could reverse the Absolute Ice-Seal!
The relationship between Ultear and her mother, Ul, was not a good one.
However, that was only because of a misunderstanding, which had caused Ultear to develop a one-sided resentment.
When Ultear was young, her magical power had been abnormally strong, so much so that her body struggled to contain it. As a result, Ul had no choice but to send her to the Magic Research Facility for treatment.
Later, Ultear escaped from the facility to find Ul, only to see her with her disciples, Lyon and Gray. Misinterpreting the situation, Ultear believed that Ul had abandoned and stopped caring about her, which led her down a dark path.
"..."
Feng Ye smiled faintly and remained silent. Under Ultear's watchful gaze, he strode towards the massive block of ice that encased Deliora and waved his hand.
Time magic blossomed, enveloping the ice in an instant before rapidly rewinding time in the entire area.
Crash!!!
The ice encasing Deliora began to glow, shedding fragments of ice magic that peeled away and converged towards a single point, gradually taking the form of a human shape.
"Ul..."
As Ultear witnessed this, she clenched her teeth, a hint of resentment flashing in her eyes. Biting her lip, she took a deep breath, tore her clothes, and used a piece of it to cover her body before leaping away and vanishing into the distance.
Feng Ye glanced in the direction of Ultear's escape, shook his head slightly, and then turned his attention elsewhere, looking to the side.
At that moment, Gray, along with Leo, Erza, Lucy, and the others, arrived, appearing above and jumping down to join them.
Staring at the scene before them, Gray's eyes widened in shock as he stammered, "W-What is this? What's going on...?"
"I reversed the Absolute Ice-Seal," Feng Ye replied casually as he looked towards the figure emerging from the glow. "Your master is an excellent wizard and shouldn't have died like that."
"Reverse the Absolute Ice-Seal?"
Gray froze, and Leo, not far away, also looked taken aback. His first instinct was to refute, but before he could, a surge of immense magic power exploded outward like a tidal wave.
"Ah!"
Gray, Leo, and the others raised their arms to shield themselves from the onslaught.
Buzz!!!
The vast magic power burst forth briefly before contracting back towards the center of the glowing beam.
The white light soon faded, revealing a figure with short hair and a resemblance to Ultear—none other than Gray's master and Ultear's mother, Ul, who had released the Absolute Ice-Seal and turned herself into ice!
As Gray and Leo stood stunned, they saw Ul open her eyes, looking towards Feng Ye with a shocked expression.
"..."
The Absolute Ice-Seal was a sealing magic that turned the caster into ice, taking their enemy down with them in a move akin to mutual destruction. Turning into ice was tantamount to death.
However, even after becoming ice, her consciousness remained attached to it, and only when the ice completely melted would her soul ascend.
Although she couldn't perceive what was happening outside while inside the ice, she now knew what had transpired—the Absolute Ice-Seal had been reversed! A magician before her had used some sort of magic to reverse the Absolute Ice-Seal!
"You..."
She stared at Feng Ye, unable to hide her astonishment as she spoke.
Before she could say more, however, a violent surge of magic power erupted from beside her, interrupting her words and startling her.
With the reversal of the Absolute Ice-Seal, not only had she been resurrected, but the demon Deliora, who had been sealed within the ice, had also returned to life!
It let out a roar, and with a terrifying burst of magic power, a pillar of light shot towards the sky!
(End of Chapter)
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