On the magic airship less than 2000 meters from Tenrou Island.
Just as the members of Grimoire Heart were looking forward to entering Tenrou Island, Hades on the skull throne let out a strange sound.
"Oh? This is truly unexpected."
Hearing Hades' words, Ultear, dressed in battle attire, asked: "What is it, Master?"
"Azuma has been defeated."
As soon as Hades said this, the ordinary members of Grimoire Heart on the deck all showed expressions of disbelief.
"Azuma-sama was defeated?"
"How is that possible?"
"How could Fairy Tail possibly be a match for Azuma?"
…
The members of the Seven Kin of Purgatory also turned in unison, their gazes falling on Hades.
Although they didn't show the same disbelief as the ordinary members, they were also very surprised.
After all, as fellow members of the Seven Kin of Purgatory, they knew Azuma's strength.
"It seems Makarov's children do have some capable ones among them."
Hearing Hades' words, an image of Kenichi appeared in Ultear's mind.
Although Ultear didn't know who defeated Azuma, her first suspicion was Kenichi, who had once toyed with her on Galuna Island.
"What is that?"
"A giant?"
"It's way too big!"
Just as Ultear was thinking, panicked voices suddenly reached her ears.
Hearing these voices, Ultear immediately collected her thoughts and looked up.
She saw a giant as large as a mountain ahead.
Perhaps Ultear and the others didn't recognize this giant, but Hades did.
The giant blocking the airship's path was none other than Makarov.
"Get out of here!"
The giantized Makarov shouted furiously.
His voice, like the roar of a great beast, was terrifying.
Simultaneously, he swung his enormous fist and punched towards the airship.
Crack-
Under Makarov's punch, the huge airship instantly shattered into pieces.
"Ultear!"
After the airship split apart, the expression on Hades' old face didn't change at all.
He just looked at the giant over there and called Ultear's name in a flat tone.
Ultear understood Hades' meaning and directly activated her Arc of Time magic.
Bzzzt-
At that moment, the originally shattered and falling magic airship began to restore itself to its original state as if a movie were playing in reverse.
After the airship was restored, Hades said to the goat-man in the black suit over there: "Take everyone to Tenrou Island."
Hearing Hades' words, the goat-man placed a hand on his chest and said respectfully: "And you, Master?"
"I will stay behind to deal with Makarov."
"Yes!"
The goat-man responded to Hades, then directly activated his magical power.
Bzzzt-
In just an instant, everyone on the deck of the magic airship, except for Hades, vanished.
The goat-man's identity was somewhat special.
His appearance was that of Capricorn, one of the Golden 12 Celestial Spirits.
But his true identity was Zoldeo, one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory.
Zoldeo's magic was the Lost Magic, Human Subordination Magic.
This magic could weaken the magical power and strength of humans around him.
Additionally, it could summon controlled individuals from other dimensions, much like summoning Celestial Spirits.
However, this magic could only be used on humans.
If used on a non-human life form, the user would merge with that life form.
Seventeen years ago, Zoldeo used this magic on Capricorn.
Then Zoldeo merged with Capricorn.
Therefore, this goat-man standing before Hades was the fusion of Zoldeo and Capricorn.
Of course, the one dominating this body was still Zoldeo.
After storing the Grimoire Heart's members in his different dimension, Zoldeo flew directly towards Tenrou Island.
At that time, Hades also stood up and walked towards the giant Makarov in front of him.
…
Just as Zoldeo was flying towards Tenrou Island with the Grimoire Heart's members.
On Tenrou Island, Erza had already captured two advance members of Grimoire Heart.
Before dealing with Azuma, Kenichi had sensed three magical reactions intruding on Tenrou Island.
One was Azuma, and the other two were the individuals now caught by Erza.
"Speak! What is your purpose in coming to Tenrou Island?"
Faced with Erza's interrogation, the two Grimoire Heart members acted as if they hadn't heard, showing no intention of answering.
But what awaited them was…
Thump thump-
Erza, just like when she hits Natsu and Gray, delivered two punches to the heads of those two men.
"Will you talk or not?"
Seeing the terrifying aura emanating from Erza.
The two Grimoire Heart's members, much like Natsu and Gray, were instantly scared pale.
They never expected Fairy Tail to have such a terrifying presence.
"For Zeref!"
'Zeref!'
The moment she heard this name, Erza's face changed dramatically.
Elfman beside her immediately retorted: "Zeref? The legendary black mage? He's been dead for hundreds of years!"
"Are you lying to me?"
Erza asked in a threatening tone.
"N-No... Zeref isn't dead. He's alive, and he's on this island. We came to take Zeref away, and incidentally eliminate your Fairy Tail!"
Hearing that Zeref was on Tenrou Island, Erza finally understood the severity of the situation.
But upon hearing the Grimoire Heart member say 'eliminate Fairy Tail', she directly delivered two heavy punches, making the two guys see stars.
"We are just ordinary members in Grimoire Heart!"
"The truly powerful ones are the Seven Kin of Purgatory. If the Seven Kin of Purgatory come, Fairy Tail has no chance of survival."
"And one of the lords has already arrived on the island!"
The Grimoire Heart member, seeing that he had already confessed but Erza was still hitting him, dropped this harsh statement as a form of resistance.
But as soon as the Grimoire Heart member finished speaking, a voice suddenly came through the air: "The lord you mentioned, is it this person?"
Hearing this abrupt voice, Erza, Mirajane, and the others all looked towards the source.
They saw Kenichi, Wendy, and the others walking towards them.
Besides Kenichi and Wendy, there was also a stranger.
Erza and Mirajane didn't recognize this stranger, but the two Grimoire Heart members did.
The moment they saw this person, they shouted in unison: "Azuma-sama!"
That's right, the person accompanying Kenichi was Azuma.
But not the real Azuma.
The real Azuma had already been defeated by Kenichi.
This Azuma was manifested by Kenichi using Historia of the Dead just now.
Kenichi intended to use this manifested Azuma to deal with Rustyrose, the holder of the Arc of Embodiment magic.
This was the so-called Manifestation vs Manifestation!