Chapter 153: Final Exam

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"Memory Extraction!"

As George charged toward him, Sol immediately began reading George's memories.

Sol's combat strategy was to exploit the enemy's psychological weaknesses by extracting their memories. Using this information, he would create lifelike puppets resembling their loved ones—siblings, lovers, children, and parents—crafted from nearby earth elements. These puppets would evoke hesitation, providing Sol the opportunity to strike a fatal blow.

However, when Sol attempted to read George's memories, he found himself blocked by an impenetrable mental barrier, rendering his efforts futile.

To make matters worse, George traced Sol's mental footprint and invaded Sol's own memories instead.

"Legilimens!"

Using the Legilimens Spell, coupled with his mind abilities that had reached the early stage of Level Three, George forced Sol into a stunned state. The earth-element puppets surrounding him instantly dissipated.

"You wretched bastard! Partial Takeover: Beast Arm!"

Enraged by the thought of his deceased sister, Elfman transformed his arm into a monstrous claw and delivered a powerful punch to Sol, who was still immobilized by George's control. The blow sent Sol crashing deep into the ground, leaving him gravely injured and unconscious.

"Well done, Elfman! Go assist Gray!"

As Mirajane's brother, Elfman specialized in Takeover Magic, specifically absorbing beast souls. While he wasn't as strong as Natsu or Gray, his abilities were comparable to an S-Class mage in a standard guild.

When George led Elfman, Cana, and the others to where Gray was battling, they encountered a rather amusing scene.

The peculiar situation arose because Juvia had fallen in love with Gray at first sight during the Phantom Lord battle. Though she found her true self during the fight and no longer wished to act maliciously for Phantom Lord, her loyalty to her companion Totomaru left her conflicted. She didn't want Totomaru to be hurt either.

This led to a chaotic three-way scenario: Gray and Totomaru fought fiercely, while Juvia intervened repeatedly, attempting to prevent both sides from harming each other.

Eventually, before George and his group could intervene, Totomaru, a fire element user specializing in seven-colored flames, was defeated by Gray's Ice-Make Magic. With Totomaru down, Juvia also decided to stop fighting altogether.

At this point, only Jose, the Phantom Lord Guild Master, remained as the last combatant. All other Phantom Lord mages capable of fighting had been defeated.

This shift brought relief to Erza, who had been struggling to hold her ground. The arrival of George and the rest of the Fairy Tail mages, including Natsu, tipped the scales in their favor.

It must be said that Natsu's stamina was extraordinary. Anyone else who had reached their physical limits as he had would need three to five days to recover. Yet, after only a brief rest, he was already back in action.

"We are Fairy Tail!"

The Fairy Tail mages roared in unison, launching an all-out assault on Jose, whose magic reserves were already running low.

The battle was relentless. A flurry of magical techniques—close combat, ranged attacks, and specialized spells—rained down on Jose, forcing him to his breaking point. Among them, George proved the most cunning, using his small feline form to conceal himself behind his comrades and launch surprise attacks.

George's tactics included casting near-invisible spells like the Sectumsempra or deadly curses like the Killing Curse. Occasionally, he would even toss a bit of Fiendfyre to fuel Natsu's flames.

After half an hour of this relentless assault, Jose's defenses finally crumbled. In a fleeting moment, George paralyzed him with an Imperius Curse, giving Erza the opening to land a devastating final strike, sending Jose crashing to the ground.

By then, Jose's magical energy was almost completely depleted, leaving him unable to mount a proper defense.

"We… we did it!"

As the heavily injured Jose lay unconscious on the ground, every Fairy Tail mage gasped for breath, their exhaustion palpable. Unable to contain their joy, they erupted into cheers.

They had truly done it—without their guild master or the support of any of the three S-Class mages, they had executed George's battle plan to perfection, taking down Jose, one of the Ten Wizard Saints, and all the Phantom Lord mages who dared to attack them.

"Children, you've done wonderfully. I'm proud of you!"

At that moment, a familiar voice echoed. The group turned to see none other than their guild master, Makarov.

In truth, Makarov had arrived as soon as Jose led the Phantom Lord mages out of their mobile fortress. However, seeing how George's calm and organized leadership had given Fairy Tail the upper hand, he decided not to intervene.

He deemed this a perfect opportunity for his children to grow. After all, he had fully recovered and could stop Jose at any moment if needed.

The results filled him with pride. His children had worked together, overcome incredible odds, and defeated the seemingly invincible Jose.

Wasn't this precisely the essence of why Fairy Tail was founded?

"Master!"

When the group saw that Makarov was unharmed and back to normal, they cheered once again.

Not long after, the Council's investigative team arrived in Magnolia City to examine the situation.

The investigation concluded decisively: it was Phantom Lord that instigated the guild war, while Fairy Tail acted purely in self-defense.

As a result, the Council decreed that Phantom Lord's master, Jose, be arrested and imprisoned. The Phantom Lord Guild was officially disbanded.

Additionally, their mobile fortress and the magical crystal cannon were handed over to Fairy Tail as compensation for the physical and emotional damages they had suffered.

This last point was something George had pushed Makarov to fight for vigorously.

The mobile fortress and crystal cannon were both intact and functional. With some funding for modifications, they could become a formidable large-scale mobile war fortress.

Why let the Council take such a valuable asset for nothing? After all, they hadn't contributed a single thing to resolving this incident. Fairy Tail had resolved the entire crisis on their own.

After the incident, peace returned to George's life.

However, his outstanding performance during the conflict had significantly elevated his popularity and reputation within the guild. Many members now believed he possessed S-Class strength.

Makarov, too, seemed to recognize his potential. He began teaching George all his advanced Light Magic techniques, one by one.

Perhaps it was preparation for learning super-magic in the future.

George couldn't help but feel that, after this event, Makarov might be grooming him to become the next guild master.

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Meanwhile, in the Harry Potter world, George was approaching the end of his first year at Hogwarts.

"So easy, this is way too easy!"

As the last History of Magic exam concluded, George stepped outside into the sunny grounds alongside the crowd, secretly reflecting to himself.

When he had first enrolled, he had considered using the computer from his main world to cheat. But by the time the finals arrived, he realized that all his hard work had made these exams ridiculously simple.

For the written tests, the answers seemed to jump out of his mind the moment he read the questions. The practical exams were even easier.

Making a pineapple tap dance across a desk, transforming a mouse into a snuffbox, brewing a Forgetfulness Potion—he had already mastered all these tasks last semester.

This was the result of his relentless studying and research, combined with the sheer amount of time he had at his disposal thanks to his various avatars and his main body.

Additionally, the stacked physical and magical talents shared across his avatars had turned him into a bona fide prodigy.

(End of Chapter)