The war against the Alvarez Empire's very own Spriggan 12 raged on further and harsher. You were with Lucy and Natsu after Brandish, one of the Spriggan 12, had taken the three of you away from the battle. But the temporary peace didn't last for long. In a flash, Natsu engages in a fight with an enhanced Neinhart and wins, but quickly gets incapacitated by Brandish.

Soon after, Lucy fell the same fate after being swept away by a powerful redirect of her Lucy's own Aqua Metria. The air felt heavy quickly after the battlefield was cleared for just you and Brandish. The dust from Brandish's redirected Aqua Metria slowly began to fade, and it only revealed her glaring stature against yours.

— Why don't you just understand that you all are not strong enough to stop me or the empire? She spoke lowly, an annoyed tinge lingered in her voice, one of pure irritation.

— I may have spared your friends and you earlier, but now you too leave me no choice!

Her dark green eyes, cold and calculating, stared you down. The power radiating from her was immense, and you could feel the weight of it pressing down on your shoulders. This was no ordinary foe; she was a woman who could manipulate the very fabric of size and reality, and she held your life in the palm of her hand if she wanted it.

— I'll admit. All of you from Fairy Tail are brave. Brave... but foolish. She murmured, her eyes narrowing as she further stared you down.