【Beginning】
Hertz was searching for the entrance with his compass, but the pointer could’t point the right direction as it kept spinning.
Panther Lily: Is your compass broken?
Hertz: Broken? No, it was working fine earlier.
Gajeel: It should be the forcefield…Could be it!
Gajeel threw a stone at the ruins, and it rolled to the wall side instead of getting repelled; Then he covered his whole body in steel scales and punched towards the wall with his iron fist. As expected, a force repelled him like before.
Gajeel: I knew it. The ruins are covered by some kind of magnetic field.
Hertz: Magnetic? Is it from the Metal Bugs?
Gajeel: Metal Bugs…Humph, I saw you! Eat my punches you trash!
【End】
Gajeel removed his steel form, approaching the ruins. This time he was not affected by the magnetic field, so his punch successfully hit the wall. Screams of pain were given out, and 10 Metal Bugs finally revealed from their hiding forms.
Hertz: They’re applying force on the ruins. I can’t sit back and let them crush it!
Gajeel: I'm gonna put 'em down at once. Iron Dragon's Lance: Demon Logs!!
As Gajeel used the Iron Dragon Slayer Magic, light beams wrapped his arms then turned them into a large spearhead. He struck at the Metal Bugs with a lightning speed.
Hertz: Their formation is collapsing—— No, don’t let them run into the ruins!
Hertz shot the bugs with arrows and paralyzed some of them; Panther Lily also attacked them with his sword, but some of the bugs could still make their escaping. With the disappearance of the forcefield, Gajeel and the others chased them into the ruins.