Chapter 52

15 Minutes is the fifthy-second chapter of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail.

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Jose then orders Jupiter to be fired, and Erza, expecting this to be gruesome, turns into the Adamantine Armor, and gets ready to take the hit herself. Jupiter fires and Erza intercepts the full impact. The armor holds the beam, but her magic is seriously depleted, and she is unable to get up. Jose is mortified by this, and announces the next hit will arrive in 15 minutes. This is the time they have to give Lucy, but every member of the guild is on Lucy’s side. She is one of them, so she will not be given in. This makes Lucy once again cry, feeling loved but at the same time culpable. Jose then presents his enemies with two options: be blown away by Jupiter, or be destroyed by Shade, his creatures. Natsu, Happy, Gray and Elfman run towards the cannon, meaning to destroy it before it fires again. The others stay in the line of defense, in order to hold the guild up. In the meantime, Mirajane gets Lucy and sends her to a safe location, then transforms into her.

Natsu reaches the cannon, but its outside cannot be destroyed by brute strength. Natsu enters the cannon and was confronted by Totomaru, the Fire of the Element 4…