The "long time no see" Drake spoke of didn't refer to seeing Zeref in the manga in his previous life. The two had actually met before. Zeref
The "long time no see" Drake spoke of didn't refer to seeing Zeref in the manga in his previous life. The two had actually met before.
Zeref looked at Drake, saying, "I think I've seen you before!"
Drake replied, "It's normal that you don't remember. It's been less than ten years for me, but for you, our last meeting was over four hundred years ago."
Zeref seemed to recall something, saying, "You're the child who was with Igneel! I sent Natsu to your place. Natsu... where is Natsu?"
Drake frowned, saying, "Calm down. You're not fit to appear before Natsu in your current state! And Natsu can't fulfill your wish right now."
Zeref looked distressed, saying, "Is that so! Not yet! When will this tragedy... end?"
Zeref clutched his head, looking pained.
"Stay... away from me!"
A black aura emerged from Zeref's body, spreading out in an instant.
Drake, instead of immediately retreating, had a glint in his eyes. The ring on his hand lit up, and a cylindrical magical tool appeared.
After Drake's [Mystery] leveled up, he had successfully created spatial equipment. The ring in his hand was the finished product.
This was thanks to the Fairy Tail world's spatial magic research being more advanced than Orario's, providing enough knowledge for Drake to complete the research.
Unfortunately, Drake hadn't obtained the [Goldsmithing] development ability, so the ring was a bit rough. On the surface, it was just an iron ring with tiny gems embedded in it.
But it could store about three cubic meters of items. He wouldn't have to worry about not being able to take needed items when he traveled in the future.
And the cylindrical magical tool was what Drake had made for this meeting.
The top of the magical tool popped open, and a crystal pillar rose up, directly sucking in the approaching black aura.
But after two seconds, the crystal pillar made cracking sounds as if it were under too much pressure, and cracks even appeared on its surface.
The power from a god was too high-level. Drake's carefully crafted magical tool could contain it, but not too much.
Drake quickly retreated from the area shrouded in the black aura, twisting the bottom of the magical tool as he retreated.
The crystal pillar lowered, and a layer of light membrane composed of magical runes enveloped the crystal pillar, stabilizing the magic within.
Research material on the power of a god, Get!
Drake put the magical tool back into his ring, looked at Zeref, and signaled Fal in the sky to retreat.
…
At the same time as Drake's meeting with Zeref, another person sensed Zeref's power.
An one-eyed old man wearing a horned helmet and a jet-black cloak said with elation, "I can feel it, it's Zeref's power! He's really here.
As long as we awaken the sleeping Zeref, the Great Magic World will begin!"
If Makarov were there, he would definitely recognize this person. It was Fairy Tail's second guild master, Precht Gaebolg, also known as Grimoire Heart's guild master, Hades.
"Someone!"
Hearing Precht's summons, a Grimoire Heart member wearing a mask ran over, saying, "What are your orders, Guild Master Hades!"
Precht asked, "What's the progress with the Seven Kin of Purgatory? Why haven't I heard anything back from them?"
The masked man replied, "Reporting, Guild Master, five of the Seven have encountered Fairy Tail members and are currently in battle. We haven't heard back from Ultear or Meredy!"
Precht frowned. This wasn't how he had planned things.
"Those brats under Makarov are quite capable! What about Azuma? Who did he encounter? Why hasn't he dealt with the Tenrou Tree?
Without dealing with the Tenrou Tree, it will be hard to open the way!"
The masked man replied, "Azuma is fighting Mirajane the She-Devil and is currently struggling!"
"What a useless fellow! He's wasting that precious forbidden magic," Precht said.
"But it's useless. Those brats can't comprehend the power of forbidden magic. We will be the victors in this war between demons and fairies!
But I'm tired of waiting. Release Bluenote!"
The masked man seemed startled by that name, hesitating before saying, "Guild Master Hades, are you sure you want to release the Vice-Guild Master? He's a great mage who leaves nothing but barren land wherever he goes!"
Precht said sternly, "It doesn't matter. Even if Bluenote kills everyone on the island, it will all be worth it as long as we can obtain Zeref and usher in the Great Magic World."
The masked man lowered his head, moving to carry out his order as Precht laughed maniacally.
As Precht said, this was a war between demons and fairies, but the war wasn't progressing as he had expected.
Natsu had a pained expression on his face, but was still greedily devouring the black flames.
Zancrow couldn't accept what he was seeing, shouting, "Impossible! This can't be happening! You're just a fire dragon; how can you eat god's flames?"
Natsu grinned, wiping his mouth, saying, "What god's flames? Your flames are far inferior to Drake's!
But I feel power surging up after eating them. Thanks for the treat; I'm fired up!"
Flames burned on Natsu's fists, except one hand had orange-red dragon flames, and the other had black god flames.
After being burned by Drake's flames, Natsu had started training his own flames.
In the original story, Natsu couldn't eat Zancrow's flames because the dragon power in his body couldn't assimilate the similarly-leveled god power. He had to empty his magic power to absorb the god slayer magic's flames.
But under Drake's training, Natsu's dragon power had awakened to a greater degree, even suppressing the god power.
So, although it was difficult, Natsu had succeeded in eating the god fire.
"Take this, Dragon God's Brilliant Flame!"
The two flames merged and were thrown by Natsu at Zancrow, who still couldn't believe his power had been absorbed.
…
Cana and Lucy didn't know whether they should say they were lucky. They had directly encountered two targets that others couldn't find.
Hikaru's magic, "Ushi no Koku Mairi" had given the two of them a lot of trouble, but Cana had used a trick to defeat him.
But before they could celebrate getting thirty points, Caprico appeared.
Just as the two were struggling, Loke arrived and revealed Caprico's true identity.
Caprico was originally one of the twelve zodiac spirits, Capricorn, who belonged to Lucy's mother.
Before Lucy's mother passed away, she had given the Capricorn golden key to her servant, Zoldeo.
When Lucy walked the path of a mage, Zoldeo should have given Capricorn to Lucy.
But Zoldeo was corrupted by the darkness of magic, using the Subordinate Magic, which couldn't be used on humans, on Capricorn.
The consequence of violating the taboo was that Zoldeo and Capricorn fused, later becoming one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory.
Loke had wanted Lucy to leave, but Lucy insisted on helping Cana get points.
So Lucy used the super magic Drake had taught her, "Fairy Star Bomb!" Fortunately, there was plenty of magic on Tenrou Island, so Lucy could successfully cast the magic.
Under the light of all eighty-eight constellations, Capricorn and Zoldeo successfully separated.
Cana's team directly obtained sixty points, making them the closest to passing the exam.
…
As for the remaining two members of the Seven Kin of Purgatory, Azuma had nothing to threaten Mirajane this time and was directly suppressed by Mirajane's bombardment.
Rustyrose was the unluckiest. Although he was fighting the eliminated participants from the first exam, each of them was strong.
His Lost Magic, "Arc of Embodiment," could create all kinds of attacks from thin air, making it a very strong magic. It had indeed caught everyone off guard for a time.
Freed used runes to restrict his movements, and then Gray and Juvia used a combination magic to blow him away.
The war had just begun, and the fairies were already hunting the demons one by one, then approaching their final target.
And the closest to Precht were naturally Drake and Wendy, who had seen Zeref and then immediately headed towards Precht.
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