Fairy Tail: Collapsing Stars

Chapter 383: Master, Are You Really Not a Spy from Another Guild?

”This fellow…”

Cold sweat currently covered Animusʼs forehead.

He had never imagined that the August before him was also a High Enchanter…

In other words, just like Evan and Irene, August could separate his consciousness from his body at any time.

No, perhaps August was not a High Enchanter at all. Perhaps August simply used his own magic to copy Evan and Ireneʼs magic…

Thinking this, Animus tightly frowned. Powerful magic power combined with cheating-like Copy Magic, wasnʼt this just hacking?

”...”

At this moment, Evan standing on the guildʼs second floor remained silent. August was just like Tencent, not only was the speed of copying fast, but the copied product would also, because of the enormous scale, crush the original version. It was purely cheating. If Evan himself were not a cheater, then by honestly learning magic step by step, he really might not necessarily be able to defeat August.

”So, are you planning to surrender too?”

August looked at Animus and smilingly asked.

”Surrender? What kind of joke is that…”

”August, your greatest mistake was re-enchanting me back into this body! You are courting death…”

Animusʼs words remained tough, but even he himself had not noticed that the way he addressed August had already changed from human old man to Augustʼs name. In other words, Animus had actually already acknowledged August.

”Come!”

August stood in place, calmly looking at Animus.

”Hehe, you know nothing about the power of dragons!”

”Crystal Dragonʼs Roar…”

Animus slightly narrowed his eyes. He suddenly took a deep breath, and crystalline radiance suddenly lit within his eyes.

”That is…”

”Not good!”

”Itʼs a roar…”

The Mages within Fairy Tail Guildʼs hall all widened their eyes as they looked at Animus, who was suddenly gathering magic power. They could sense the heavy pressure in the air.

Because there were quite a few Dragon Slayer Mages within the guild, the moment Animus opened his mouth, the Fairy Tail Guild members already knew exactly what magic Animus was about to use…

Without question, it was a dragonʼs roar!

”Boom!!”

It was also at the instant the Fairy Tail Guild Mages reacted that Animus released endless radiance from his mouth toward August.

”Roar!!”

Accompanied by a world-shaking dragon roar, a terrifying beam directly shot toward August.

That terrifying light was incomparably dazzling. Endless heat waves seemed intent on melting everything around it, melting everything nearby…

”H-Hey hey hey! This is not a joke!”

”If hit by that kind of magic, people will die!”

”Can August really withstand it?”

The Fairy Tail Guild Mages outside the arena all widened their eyes as they looked at the endless heat waves spewed from Animusʼs mouth. They clearly understood that once struck by Animusʼs beam, forget them, even mountains and cities would likely be instantly destroyed.

”Hmph!”

However, August, directly facing Animusʼs roar, merely coldly snorted. He lightly waved the staff in his hand and directly reflected Animusʼs roar away, sending it toward the guild wall.

”Boom!”

As August activated Reflection Magic, Animusʼs beam directly changed direction, blasting an enormous hole through Fairy Tail Guildʼs ceiling before shooting toward the skies above Magnolia Town.

”Ah…”

”My guild, my Fairy Tail…”

Makarov, who had been sitting at the guild bar with both eyes firmly locked onto the arena, afraid that these brats would cause casualties, instantly felt pain in his heart as he looked at the guild ceiling now missing a huge section of wall. How much money would repairing the guild cost this time? The moment he thought of this, Makarov instantly felt suffocated.

”Why? This shouldnʼt be happening! How did it become like this?”

Makarov directly collapsed to his knees, looking lifelessly at the blue sky and white clouds visible through the hole in the ceiling, his eyes filled with unwillingness. He had clearly already worked so hard, already done everything in his power.

For the cityʼs safety, he had even not appointed examiners for this yearʼs S-Class Mage Trial. Yet why did it still become like this in the end? He had clearly only wanted to hold a more normal S-Class Mage Trial like other Mage Guilds. Yet why, why did every S-Class Mage Trial Fairy Tail held always end up becoming a monster war?!

”Boom!”

Before Makarov could think further, the beam released from Animusʼs mouth flew into the sky and shot toward the clouds. Accompanied by thunderous roars, the accumulated clouds above Magnolia Town were instantly blasted apart and transformed into waves of magical energy that dispersed outward, accompanied by countless raindrops falling toward the ground.

”Itʼs raining?”

”Fairy Tail did this again, right?”

”Seriously, what kind of magic are they researching this time?”

On Magnolia Townʼs streets, after casually complaining a few times, the townspeople ran toward their homes. They already seemed long accustomed to such sudden situations. At most, they would simply complain about Fairy Tailʼs actions a little.

While Magnolia Townʼs residents complained about Fairy Tail Guildʼs actions, the battle within the guild still continued…

”Reflection Magic? Reflection Magic cannot reflect close-range physical attacks!”

”Then let me show you just how powerful the bodies of our dragon race truly are!”

Animus truly lived up to being a dragon who had lived for four hundred years. He instantly saw through the magic August used against him.

His eyes became sharp as his body transformed into a bolt of lightning, instantly arriving before August. Shimmering radiance lit upon his arm as he attacked straight toward Augustʼs abdomen.

”Crystal Dragonʼs… Crushing Fist!”

Animus shouted loudly, speaking the name of his magic! This was the dragonʼs fist! A fist capable of directly crushing people into annihilation.

”Hmph!”

Facing Animusʼs powerful punch, August slightly narrowed his eyes. He still stood in place completely motionless, seemingly possessing incomparably confidence in his magic.

”Boom!”

Animusʼs fist would not slow because of Augustʼs determination. In an instant, Animusʼs fist had already pierced through Augustʼs body…

Immediately afterward, violent winds erupted. Under Animusʼs punch, half the tables and chairs within Fairy Tail Guild were instantly swept up by hurricanes and torn into pieces…

As for the Fairy Tail Guild Mages watching below the arena, they possessed abundant experience dealing with dangerous magic and had long since, without anyone noticing when, all fled into the guild basement, using high-definition Magic Crystals to watch the final battle of Fairy Tail Guildʼs X779 S-Class Mage Trial…

In other words, the only ones still remaining inside the guild hall right now were Master Makarov and the current active S-Class Mages bold enough to remain there.

”Ah…”

Makarovʼs eyes moistened as he looked at the tables and chairs instantly destroyed by Animusʼs punch. Right now, he had no time to care whether August could survive Animusʼs punch. Right now, he only cared whether his guild could survive the battle between Animus and August.

”Is it over?”

At the same time, Animus slightly raised the corners of his mouth as he looked at August, whose body he had pierced with a punch. In his eyes, there was absolutely no possibility of survival for August after taking this punch head-on.

Yes, in order to seize victory, Animus had already fallen into madness. He no longer cared whether August was a guild companion or not. Right now, he only wanted to win…

”How could it possibly end so easily? You are too arrogant, Animus…”

Just as Animus believed he had won the battle, August lightly shook his head. His body reconstructed itself like countless fragments reassembling, appearing completely unharmed before Animus once more.

”This magic is…”

Gildarts, who had been calmly drinking beer at the bar all along, froze for a moment after seeing the magic August used. Then he narrowed his eyes. If he had not sensed incorrectly, then the magic August used should be a variant of Crash Magic. In other words, August had unknowingly already copied his Crash Magic.

”Stop fighting already! If you keep fighting like this, no victor will be decided. But this old manʼs guild is about to disappear!”

Makarov sat at the bar, looking painfully at Animus and August confronting each other as he shouted.

”Go~ Go~”

Compared to Makarov, who worried the guild would be destroyed, Fairy Tailʼs First Guild Master Mavis currently sat barefoot atop the guild bar, excitedly cheering.

Perhaps because Mavis had already handed the Guild Master position over to Makarov, and because Mavis was technically dead right now, she did not need to bear any responsibility whatsoever. After all, no law in this world required dead people to take responsibility…

At this moment, Mavis completely looked like someone who feared the world was not chaotic enough, not caring at all whether her guild would truly be destroyed because August, encouraged by her, suddenly exploded in strength…

” Master Mavis, please calm down a bit! If this continues, our Fairy Tail Guild really is going to be destroyed! If the guild truly disappears, where will I still have the face to meet Senior Warrod and Master Precht? I truly donʼt want to do something that betrays the guildʼs predecessors!”

Makarovʼs eyes twitched wildly as he looked at Mavis beside him, Fairy Tailʼs First Guild Master. Right now, Makarov did not even know what he should say anymore. Makarov even wanted to ask Mavis whether she truly was not a spy sent by Phantom Lord to infiltrate Fairy Tail Guild.

”Hmm?!”

After hearing Makarovʼs words, the two cute little wing-like tufts on Mavisʼs head slightly trembled, and her mood seemed somewhat dejected.

”Uh, Master Mavis, please donʼt be angry…”

Makarovʼs expression abruptly changed after seeing Mavis looking dejected. Although he truly did not want August and Animus to continue fighting. After all, if these two monsters kept fighting, their entire guild might disappear…

However, compared to the guild disappearing, Makarov feared angering Mavis, Fairy Tail Guildʼs founder and First Guild Master, even more! After all, without Mavis there would be no Fairy Tail Guild. Makarov had once heard from Precht that even Fairy Tail Guild itself had been established because he and Warrod wanted to make Mavis happy…

”Itʼs fine, Iʼm not angry!”

”I simply believe Warrod and Precht would definitely understand us~”

”So keep going, August! Fight freely! This is what a Fairy Tail Mage should be!”

Mavisʼs ahoge swayed about. First, she shook her head toward Makarov, indicating she was not angry. Then she looked toward August, who was currently entangled in battle with Animus but focused mainly on defense and rarely attacked actively, loudly cheering him on.

Mavis herself did not know why, but she simply felt that August felt very warm, making her inexplicably want to get closer to him and cheer him on!

”Mother…”

August, who had continuously focused on dodging all this time, suddenly stopped moving after hearing Mavisʼs words.

”Why did you stop running? Werenʼt you running quite happily just now? Why have you stopped now? Could it be that you plan to surrender?”

After August stopped moving, Animus, who had been tightly chasing behind August yet never finding an opportunity to strike him, revealed a savage expression as he glared angrily at August and questioned him.

”You seem to have misunderstood something. The reason I kept dodging earlier was not because I feared you! It was simply because I did not wish for the battle between us to affect the innocent people watching nearby…”

August calmly spoke as he looked at Animus.

”What did you say?!”

After hearing Augustʼs words, veins bulged on Animusʼs face, rage burning in his heart.

Augustʼs meaning seemed to imply that as long as August got serious, he could instantly kill him. What kind of joke was that…

”Alright! Warm-up exercise is over! Iʼm going to get slightly serious now.”

August looked at the furious Animus while stretching his body, producing cracking sounds.

”Hmm?!”

After hearing Augustʼs words, Animus froze slightly. An incomparably ominous premonition suddenly rose within his heart.

”Boom!!”

At the exact instant August decided to become serious, magic power as vast as an abyss and sea instantly surged from Augustʼs body. In an instant, even the air inside Fairy Tail Guildʼs hall became viscous…

”This is…”

Makarov, who had originally worn a pained expression, as well as the active S-Class Mages standing on the guildʼs second floor watching the excitement, all changed expression after sensing this enormous magic power. Their eyes toward August changed…

”H-Hey hey hey? This isnʼt a joke, right?”

”What kind of enormous magic power is this?! It simply isnʼt something humans should possess! That old gentleman truly is a monster!”

Silver looked at August with dense sweat appearing upon his forehead, his pupils slightly shrinking.

”Before August, my title as one of the Ten Wizard Saints feels like a joke…”

”Even if all the Ten Wizard Saints besides Evan joined hands, they still might not necessarily be Mr. Augustʼs opponents, right?”

Ur helplessly shook her head as she sensed the suffocating magic power within Augustʼs body. She suddenly felt that the title of the Ten Wizard Saints, the so-called ten strongest of Ishgar selected by the Magic Council.

Completely resembled a ridiculous joke.

Whether Selene, Irene, the August before them, or Gildarts, these powerful individuals who had not been counted among the top ten strongest on Ishgar ranked by the Magic Council.

All possessed strength capable of crushing almost all the current Ten Wizard Saints on the rankings besides Evan.

Perhaps if the top ten strongest of Ishgar were truly to be ranked, then aside from Evan, every current Ten Wizard Saint on the rankings would have to step down…

”Is this old gentleman really this powerful?”

”It seems we still have to continue working hard!”

”Big Brother Evan, is Mr. August really this strong? I feel like compared to Mother in normal times, he isnʼt weaker…”

”Yes. If Irene only used Enchantment Magic, she truly might not necessarily defeat August!”

Aside from Silver and Ur, the other S-Class Mages within Fairy Tail Guild also revealed shocked expressions. Erza especially felt that the power August currently displayed was comparable to Irene in her normal state!

However, among all those shocked by Augustʼs strength, only Evan stood calmly upon the guildʼs second floor, seemingly not surprised at all by the strength August displayed. After all, Evan completely understood Augustʼs strength.

”This magic power… compared to that man, it isnʼt weaker…”

At the same time, upon the guild bar, Mavis, Fairy Tail Guildʼs First Guild Master, who had originally sat barefoot looking carefree, now widened her eyes as she looked at August. Upon August, who currently released terrifying magic power, she saw the shadow of that man… the Black Mage Zeref.

Besides Zeref, Mavis also sensed within Augustʼs magic power a warm and reassuring magic power that felt incomparably familiar to her, yet no matter how hard she tried, she could not remember who its owner was?!

”How can this be?”

At the same time, as the magic power within Augustʼs body erupted, terror instantly flashed across Animusʼs face, and he no longer retained his original calm composure.

”Impossible, absolutely impossible! You are merely a human! You are merely a mere human! How could you possibly possess such enormous magic power?!”

Animusʼs body trembled slightly as he sensed the violent magic power within Augustʼs body. His eyes were filled with terror and confusion.

Animus could not understand how August, who was merely a human, possessed this terrifying magic power that surpassed ordinary dragons and even approached Dragon King-level.

”You clearly never learned Dragon Slayer Magic, so why are you this powerful? Damn it! If someone already as powerful as you also learned Dragon Slayer Magic, just how powerful would you become? Do you wish to become a second Acnologia, August?!”

Animus angrily roared at August. He truly could not imagine just how terrifying August, who already possessed such powerful magic power, would become if he also chose to learn Dragon Slayer Magic?!

Perhaps a completely new Dragon King would instantly be born into this world, and a terrifying Dragon King not weaker than the Black Dragon King Acnologia! At that time, it might even become the end of all dragonkind in the entire world of Earth-land.

”I will not become a Dragon King, because I will inherit Motherʼs will and properly protect Fairy Tail!”

”So sorry, Animus and Miss Sonya, the game is over~”

August calmly looked at the panicking Animus.