Sometimes the strongest person has the silliest weakness. That's a joke that many people in Ishgar have heard. The Phantom Lord Mages also have heard about it, but they never thought they would witness it now.
They were having a hard time against Alex even with their powerful attacks. But then some silly smelly fireballs manage to affect him more than their best spells. It really makes them question their real power.
Well, it doesn't really matter what they use as long as it works. Thanks to Totomaru's smelly orange flame, their other attacks start to work on Alex. He is too distracted by the orange flame's smell which makes him unable to handle the other attacks.
Alex is thrown here and there by the Phantom Mages' attacks. He is still in humanoid Isobu form, but he can't concentrate on their attacks, so he keeps getting hit and unable to defend them properly, only depending on his Isobu armor for defense.
They use this chance really well too by keep attacking Alex without giving him time to breathe. Totomaru keeps using his orange flame's super foul smell to distract Alex.
The flame is their main attack, so they can't attack Alex's head to prevent pushing the stinky flame away. They need the flame to stay close to Alex's nose so he'll keep being hurt by the flame's foul smell.
It's really looking bad for Alex because their attacks are getting stronger. The foul smell has really made him unable to do anything against their attacks. Even the Tailed Beasts in his body are suffering from the foul smell of that flame.
'DAMMIT, KID! HURRY UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT STINKY FLAME!' Kurama is really mad now.
'WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO? THAT SMELL ALREADY HURTS MY HEAD. I BARELY KEEP MYSELF TRANSFORMED NOW. MY TRANSFORMATION CAN WEAR OFF ANYTIME.'
'JUST DO ANYTHING TO GET AWAY FROM THAT FLAME FIRST!' Shukaku yells.
'THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO ALL THIS TIME.'
'ROLL, ALEX! ROLL!' Isobu suffers the most among the Tailed Beasts because Alex is transformed into him.
'Roll?' Alex is confused at first, but he understands it soon. The stinky flame has really ruined his concentration and thinking ability. He even forgets that Isobu can move very fast by rolling his body like a rolling ball.
Alex can do it even in Isobu's humanoid form. It will be similar to the Akimichi clan's skill, but Alex's outer body is full of hard spiky shells that will be very hurt when they hit people. Also, Isobu's rolling speed is much faster than the Akimichi clan.
He quickly uses that skill and just rolls away from the Phantom Lord Mages at a very high speed. They can't chase him because he is very quick, which is bad news to them. If Alex isn't affected by the smelly flame again, then their attacks won't work on him again.
So they quickly do something to prevent him from escaping. Sol controls the Earth and makes a curved ram on Alex's way. Juvia then covers the curved ram with her water, making it very slippery.
Alex wants to roll away, avoiding the curved obstacle, but then Aria pushes him towards it with some exploding airspaces. He gets pushed and rolls on the curved ram. He rolls up and flies back towards them because of the annoying curve.
Jose laughs as he transforms his ghosts into a giant black jellyfish with some big tentacles. He hits the flying Alex with one of the black jellyfish tentacles from above, sending Alex strongly to the ground.
*BOOM*
It's such a strong hit that the impact of Alex's fall creates a deep crater and a large dust cloud is also created. Jose smirks as he controls the giant black jellyfish to grab the falling Alex with its tentacles.
Alex is caught by the giant black jellyfish's tentacles. He tries to break free but the tentacles are surprisingly strong even for him. Furthermore, they are trying to suck his stamina.
"Hmm? It's not my stamina, they are sucking my life force."
"Fufufu, that's right. My ghosts can drain life force and if you can't get away, then you will run out of it and die." Jose laughs sinisterly, thinking that he has won already.
"Tsk! So annoying."
Alex doesn't seem bothered by it though. As long as that smelly flame doesn't annoy him, he can handle most things, including this annoying skill that sucking his life force.
Fortunately, the ghosts' sucking force is not that strong and someone as strong as Alex has a lot of life force. So he won't have a problem breaking free from these tentacles.
However, Jose has also thought about this and prepared his next step. He shouts to Sol who has moved through the ground towards Alex as if the soil is water. Sol suddenly jumps out behind Alex and points his palms on Alex's back head.
"Merci la Vie!"
A big yellow magic circle appears behind Alex's head and suddenly Alex remembers the time he was tortured in that research facility years ago. All those painful memories of his worst suffering suddenly show up in his mind without his control.
"ARGH!" The painful childhood memories bring real pain to his brain, making him scream in agony. He even returns to his human form because his mind is really disturbed now.
Jose laughs seeing Alex's painful scream and so is Sol who laughs sadistically as he starts covering Alex's body with stone. Aria is crying on the back with his usual hypocrite tears.
The other 3 don't feel good seeing this scene though. Totomaru doesn't even want to look and Juvia seems very bothered. Even Gajeel doesn't feel good about it, but this is a Guild order.
However, everyone's expression changes very quickly when Alex suddenly stops screaming in pain. That scream suddenly turns into a growl full of anger. After all, what Alex always felt from that painful time was not fear, but anger towards those inhumane researchers.
"Damn bastards! How dare you do this to me?"
Alex says it in a very low angry voice. He is still dwelled in those painful memories, so his anger is aimed at those researchers who have been dead already and he was the one who killed them when escaping that facility.
But the Phantom Lord Mages feel that his anger is aimed toward them and it makes them shiver. He hasn't even done anything yet. Just his anger alone is enough to intimidate them, even Jose, a Wizard Saint.
They get over it quickly though and Jose wants to kill Alex immediately now. He won't say it, but his vast experience tells him that it will be dangerous if he lets Alex live any longer. He has angered Alex this much and if he doesn't kill Alex now, he'll be the one who gets killed.
Jose quickly tries to use his strongest attack to kill Alex. But something unexpected happens. Everyone suddenly feels a very powerful pressure that makes them unable to move. They look at the source of this pressure with expressions full of fear.
This pressure comes from none other than Alex who releases his full magic power out of anger. The painful memories that Sol awaken only awaken his wrath that's filled with killing intent. After all, at that time, he really wanted to kill those researchers who did all those inhumane experiments to him and others.
His really strong killing intent is mixed with his massive amount of magic power. Even the Tailed Beasts' anger is mixed into it because they also see Alex's memories. They've witnessed it themselves years ago, but seeing his suffering still angers them too.
The combination of Alex's massive amount of magic power that greatly surpasses Jose, his killing intent, and the Tailed Beasts' anger is enough to make even Jose fall on his knees in fear.
Even Jose has never felt this kind of pressure coming from someone. He can sense that it's not aimed at him or his Mages, but it's still intimidating enough to make his knees weak. His body trembles and cold sweats drench his whole body even though his mind tries to fight it.
Phantom Lord's S-Class Mages take it worse than Jose. Sol who is the closest to Alex feels the worst pressure. He can't even breathe because of the fear that suffocates him and he pisses himself before he faints in just a few seconds.
Aria the hypocrite who always fakes his cries whenever he hurts others finally have real tears on his face. Those tears are coming from the fear of death that he has never felt before. He has faced death many times, but this is scarier than anything he has ever faced.
Gajeel, Juvia, and Totomaru are also having a hard time to breathe. Cold sweats drench their whole bodies as they can only look at the ground after falling on their knees.
They can't even lift their heads, so they can't see Alex who now stands in front of the kneeling Jose. The tide of this battle really turns around very quickly.
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