Fairy Tail: Collapsing Stars

Chapter 489: Future Rogue: This Fairy Tail Must Be the Crazy Super-Enhanced Version, Right?!

”WHAT?!”

After hearing Macaoʼs words, Future Rogue was slightly stunned and stopped his wild train of thought.

”You said, what about Acnologia?!”

Future Rogue felt certain that he must have misheard. Hadnʼt he just heard Macao say that Acnologia existed?!

”That canʼt be! Absolutely impossible!”

Future Rogue didnʼt believe what Macao had said. How could Acnologia possibly exist?!

If Acnologia truly existed in this world, then how had Natsu, Gajeel, and the others avoided Acnologiaʼs attack when they took the S-Class Mage Promotion Trial on Tenrou Island?!

Future Rogue couldnʼt understand it…

”No, thereʼs another possibility!”

Just as Future Rogue once again fell into deep thought, he suddenly thought of something, and his eyes immediately lit up.

If Acnologia truly existed in this world, then there was only one possibility for Natsu, Gajeel, and the others to have avoided Acnologiaʼs attack…

That was… Natsu and Gajeel had never encountered Acnologia in this timeline in the first place!

Thatʼs right. As long as they didnʼt encounter Acnologia, they could naturally avoid Acnologiaʼs attack…

”In other words, Fairy Tail didnʼt hold the S-Class Mage Promotion Trial on Tenrou Island in this timeline. Or rather, Acnologia in this timeline didnʼt ambush Tenrou Island, so Big Bro Natsu and Big Bro Gajeel never encountered Acnologia… Yes, it must be like this.”

Future Rogue muttered to himself. The grim expression on his face gradually faded, and a bright, confident smile once again appeared on his face.

”If thatʼs the case, then everything makes sense!”

”Hahaha! Then it seems that as long as I figure out this guy named Evan, everything else isnʼt worth worrying about. Everything is still within my control…”

Future Rogue breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Natsu, Gajeel, and the others were still around, that bastard Acnologia wouldnʼt attack the Kingdom of Fiore and launch a war that would destroy the world before the Kingdom of Fiore gathered enough magic power to activate the Eclipse Gate!

There was still time…

”Is there something wrong with this guyʼs head?!”

Macao stared at the young man before him, who alternated between looking gloomy and laughing wildly, his hair half black and half white. His brows were tightly furrowed.

He was beginning to wonder whether pulling this guy into the Fairy Tail Guild and making him a member of Fairy Tail had actually been the right decision.

After all, there were already far too many crazy people in Fairy Tail.

They couldnʼt afford to raise another one…

Thatʼs right. As the branch master of Fairy Tailʼs Magnolia branch, Macao still knew quite a bit about the mental state of his own Guildʼs members.

At least in this regard, Macao was quite self-aware.

”Are you okay?”

Seeing Future Rogue laughing uncontrollably, Macao couldnʼt help but ask with concern.

”No! Iʼm fine. Iʼm just a little too excited, so I couldnʼt control myself…”

Future Rogue heard Macaoʼs extremely concerned question and gently shook his head with a smile.

”Is that so?”

”Good. As long as youʼre okay…”

Macao looked at Future Rogue and opened his mouth slightly, seemingly wanting to say something.

In the end, however, he held himself back.

”Um… well…”

”Sigh… forget it!”

Seeing Future Rogue hesitate several times without saying anything, Macao finally shook his head and sighed helplessly before asking Future Rogue:

”Do you have any other questions? If not, Iʼm going to go take care of my own business…”

”Actually, I do have a few more questions.”

”May I ask, Senior Macao, do you know anything about Evan?”

”Actually, Iʼm a huge fan of Senior Evan. Iʼve always wanted to meet him.”

Future Rogue narrowed his eyes slightly and discreetly began fishing for information about Evan from Macao.

”Oh? Youʼre a fan of Evan?”

”Haha, I suppose that makes sense. After all, youʼre also a Dragon Slayer Mage. Itʼs perfectly normal for you to admire Evan.”

”After all, Evan is the strongest Dragon Slayer Mage in the world.”

Macao smiled lightly after hearing Future Rogueʼs words.

Macao didnʼt doubt Future Rogueʼs claim at all.

After all, there were simply too many people in this world, especially on this continent, who admired Evan.

Evan was ranked first among the Ten Wizard Saints. He was the strongest Mage on the continent of Ishgar, and even in the entire world. At the same time, he was also the strongest Dragon Slayer Mage of this era, without exception…

Even Acnologia, who was said to have ended the human-dragon war four hundred years ago, won the Dragon King Festival, and was crowned Dragon King, was no match for Evan.

”Heh…”

When Future Rogue heard Macaoʼs words, he sneered disdainfully, his eyes filled with contempt toward Evanʼs reputation.

”The strongest Dragon Slayer Mage in the world?”

”Heh. Theyʼre nothing more than ignorant frogs in a well who have never witnessed true power or understood what true strength is. No matter how powerful a Dragon Slayer Mage becomes, theyʼre still merely humans. They can never compare with true dragons!”

”I wonder whether the Mages of Fairy Tail in this timeline will still dare to call Evan the strongest Dragon Slayer Mage in the world after witnessing Acnologia!”

Future Rogue was filled with disdain toward the title Macao and the others had given Evan.

He, Future Rogue, had experienced an era filled with destruction and death. He had survived countless deaths and lived through that shattered age.

Rogue believed that no one in this world understood the strength of dragons better than he did.

When Acnologia spread the wings of black despair across the continent of Ishgar, everything that was supposedly the strongest became nothing more than a joke!

Even God Serena, who was ranked first among the Ten Wizard Saints at the time, was eliminated by Acnologia in an instant…

Acnologia possessed a level of combat power completely different from theirs!

”Yes, Senior Evan is the strongest Dragon Slayer Mage in the world. I really want to meet Senior Evan!”

However, although this was what Future Rogue truly thought, and although Future Rogue believed that it was indeed the truth…

He naturally wouldnʼt say any of that.

After all, he still intended to use Fairy Tailʼs power to hold back Acnologia and buy enough time for the Kingdom of Fiore to use the Grand Magic Games to gather enough magic power to activate the Eclipse Gate.

Once enough magic power had been gathered and the Eclipse Gate was successfully activated, connecting the present to four hundred years ago, everything would no longer be a problem!

He, Rogue, would use the Dragon Control Secret Art to control all the dragons from four hundred years ago and have them attack Acnologia…

No matter how powerful Acnologia was, he surely couldnʼt possibly be a match for all the dragons from four hundred years ago!

Once he used the power of those dragons to eliminate Acnologia, he would directly become the king of this world!

He would rule over everything!

”Since you want to meet Evan so badly, itʼs not impossible…”

”Iʼll help you contact him again!”

Macao was ultimately a warmhearted and good-natured man.

After hearing Rogueʼs words, he vigorously scratched his short hair before deciding to help Rogue one more time and contact Evan.

Of course, Macao wasnʼt the type to help just anyone so selflessly.

The first reason he was willing to help Rogue was because Rogue himself was a Dragon Slayer Mage. That alone was an important reason for Macao to pay special attention to him.

Secondly, Rogue claimed to possess the ability to foresee the future.

In Macaoʼs eyes, as long as he helped Rogue as much as possible, Rogue would more or less be moved by his kindness.

Then, when Macao asked Rogue to place a small bet for him, Rogue probably wouldnʼt refuse!

”Sigh…”

Thinking of this, Macao couldnʼt help but sigh.

If Cana hadnʼt fallen out with all of them gambling addicts, would they really need to work so hard to curry favor with other people who possessed the ability to foresee the future?!

”Please, Senior Macao!”

Although Future Rogue didnʼt know why Macao was helping him so selflessly, he didnʼt think too much about it.

Future Rogue simply regarded Macao as a good person who loved helping others and had an overflowing sense of compassion…

”Buzz!”

Macao didnʼt say anything more.

He merely nodded lightly at Future Rogue before taking out his remote communication Magic Crystal.

”What are you doing?”

”Didnʼt I already tell you Iʼm busy? Why are you contacting me again and again? Canʼt you just say everything at once?”

Not long afterward, the remote communication Magic Crystal before Macao suddenly lit up, revealing Evanʼs slightly impatient face.

The moment Evan opened his mouth, he exposed his status as a secret Evan hater.

”I really donʼt have anything going on, but someone else has something to say~”

Macao looked at the impatient Evan and spoke with a grin.

It wasnʼt him being disturbed, after all. Someone else was the one causing the interruption.

Naturally, Macao wasnʼt angry…

”Itʼs like this, Evan…”

”Actually, this young man who just joined our Guild isnʼt only a fanboy of Natsu and Gajeel. Heʼs also a huge fan of yours, and he really wants to meet you!”

”Evan, you know how incredibly famous you are right now! Not only are you ranked first among the Ten Wizard Saints of the continent of Ishgar, youʼre also the strongest Mage on the continent as selected by the Magic Councilʼs ERA, and youʼre the worldʼs strongest Dragon Slayer Mage! And this young man happens to be a Dragon Slayer Mage as well. Itʼs perfectly normal for him to admire you and want to meet you~”

”Besides, this young Dragon Slayer Mage has had a tragic life. Heʼs been orphaned and wandering alone for many years. After finally making it to his idolʼs Guild, donʼt you think it would be a little inappropriate if you didnʼt meet him? It wouldnʼt exactly be good for your public image either, right?!”

”And I heard this young Dragon Slayer Mage say that if he canʼt meet you today, heʼd rather die! Oh my, Evan, just listen to how terrifying that is. Saving one life is worth more than building a seven-story pagoda! Evan, youʼd better hurry up and meet this young Dragon Slayer Mage!”

With just a few sentences, Macao turned Future Rogue into Evanʼs fanboy, while adding so much exaggeration that it sounded as though Future Rogue would drop dead if he couldnʼt meet Evan immediately.

”I didnʼt! Iʼm not! Stop making things up!”

Future Rogueʼs face flushed red as he listened to Macao.

When had he ever said that he admired Evan this much?!

However, Future Rogue was somewhat curious about how Macao knew that he was an orphan who had spent so many years wandering alone in misery.

Could it be that this guy Macao possessed mind-reading abilities?!

Thinking of this, the way Future Rogue looked at Macao gradually changed.

His eyes became sharp and cold!

If Macao really possessed the ability to read minds, then for the sake of his grand plan, Macao absolutely couldnʼt be allowed to remain alive!

”Oh…”

On the other side, Evan silently glanced at Future Rogueʼs image on the remote communication Magic Crystal after hearing Macaoʼs words.

Evan naturally knew that Macao was making things up.

Eight or nine times out of ten, Future Rogue had given Macao some sort of benefit, which was why Macao was trying so hard to fool him…

”Originally, I had no interest in you. If you hadnʼt come looking for me yourself, I wasnʼt planning to look for you either!”

”But unexpectedly, you just had to come looking for me!”

”Then let me see what exactly youʼre planning!”

Evan silently looked at Future Rogue in the crystal ball.

Originally, he had no intention of interfering with Future Rogue.

Whatever Future Rogue planned to do, Evan wasnʼt interested.

Future Rogue was simply too weak.

He was so weak that even Evan, as he was now, couldnʼt be bothered to deal with him.

But since the man had come knocking on his own, if Evan didnʼt properly ”entertain” him, wouldnʼt that be a little rude to his guestʼs good intentions?!

Thinking of this, Evan suddenly smiled.

”Is that so? So youʼre one of my hardcore fans? Then Iʼll have to make sure to give you a proper welcome!”

As Evan spoke, he suddenly snapped his fingers.

In an instant, a teleportation gate appeared inside the Fairy Tail Guild Hall in the town of Magnolia.

Evan continued:

”Have that kid come through this teleportation gate! We can talk face-to-face.”

After saying this, Evan directly ended his communication with Macao…

”Buzz~”

For a moment, the communication Magic Crystal before Macao dimmed once again.

”Rogue, thatʼs great! Evan has agreed to meet you! Hurry up and go see him!”

”By the way, Rogue, donʼt forget the help I gave you today. When I need your help, donʼt you dare be stingy.”

Macao smiled as he looked at the teleportation gate before him.

He knew that he had successfully persuaded Evan.

At the same time, Macao didnʼt forget to remind Future Rogue of his favor.

More accurately, this could no longer be considered a reminder.

Macao had already directly told Rogue that his help this time wasnʼt free.

He intended to collect a fee for it…

”What exactly is this gate?! How can it possess such an absurd amount of magic power?”

Rogue, however, didnʼt care about that.

The only thing he cared about now was what exactly the gate before him was.

Honestly, Future Rogue had never seen a gate radiating such immense and dense magic power.

Just the magic power overflowing from the gate itself made Future Rogue feel a chill of fear.

He knew very well that the gate before him was absolutely no ordinary object!

”What could it be? Isnʼt it just an ordinary teleportation gate?”

”As long as you walk through this gate now, youʼll immediately meet your idol Evan and the others!”

Macao was slightly stunned by Future Rogueʼs question before pointing toward the teleportation gate Evan had created and explaining.

”What kind of teleportation gate requires this much magic power?!”

”I may not have read many books, Senior Macao, but donʼt try to fool me either!”

Future Rogue was shocked after hearing Macaoʼs words and immediately objected.

He, Future Rogue, had seen teleportation gates before…

He had even seen a strategic long-distance teleportation gate capable of instantly transporting someone a hundred kilometers.

Yet even a teleportation gate capable of instantly transporting someone a hundred kilometers didnʼt possess such terrifying magic power…

”You should know that Evan and the others arenʼt currently on the continent of Ishgar. Theyʼre on the Northern Continent, Guiltina, tens of thousands of kilometers away.”

”To cross tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of kilometers, wouldnʼt it be impossible to stabilize the shape of a teleportation gate without using this much magic power?”

Macao looked at Future Rogueʼs ignorant expression and helplessly explained.

”What did you say? Evan and the others are currently on the Northern Continent, Guiltina?!”

When Future Rogue heard Macaoʼs words, his eyes immediately widened.

He couldnʼt believe what Macao had just told him.

In other words, Evan had actually created a long-distance teleportation gate capable of crossing an entire continent in the blink of an eye?!

Was this really something a Mage could do?

More accurately, was this really something a human could do?!

At this moment, Future Rogue was completely dumbfounded.

If Macao wasnʼt lying to him, then he knew that he might have underestimated Evanʼs strength.

That man was a monster…

”Huh? Donʼt you know that Evan and the others are currently on the Northern Continent, Guiltina, subjugating God Dragons?”

Macao was slightly stunned after hearing Future Rogueʼs question.

He looked at Future Rogue and asked.

”What God Dragons? Whatʼs that supposed to be?”

As Macaoʼs voice fell, Future Rogue once again froze in place.

He discovered that there were far too many things he didnʼt know about this world.

”You donʼt even know about God Dragons?”

”Didnʼt you say you could foresee the future?”

Macao looked at the panicked Future Rogue with tightly furrowed brows.

He suddenly realized that he might have misunderstood something.

”Of course I donʼt know what God Dragons are!”

”Arenʼt all the dragons already gone? Isnʼt Acnologia the only dragon left in the world?”

Future Rogueʼs eyes were filled with confusion as he continuously questioned Macao.

”Huh? How could all the dragons possibly be gone?! The only dragons that disappeared were the dragons of the continent of Ishgar!”

”The Northern Continent, Guiltina, is still home to many dragons! Didnʼt you know that?”

Macao was stunned.

He looked at Future Rogue and asked.

”Of course I didnʼt know! Was I supposed to know this?”

Future Rogue retorted.

”Of course you were supposed to know this!”

”I thought you had already foreseen that Evan and the others were on the Northern Continent, Guiltina, subjugating the legendary Six God Dragons whose strength is no weaker than Acnologiaʼs! Thatʼs why you came to Fairy Tail to ask about Evan and the othersʼ safety…”

”If Iʼd known that you didnʼt know Evan and the others were on the Northern Continent fighting God Dragons, I wouldnʼt have told you any of this information…”

Macao spoke to Future Rogue with great annoyance.

”Six God Dragons whose strength is said to rival Acnologiaʼs, and there are six of the damn things?! This world is screwed…”

Future Rogueʼs face turned deathly pale after hearing Macaoʼs words.

He had originally thought that this world didnʼt have Acnologia and was therefore an incomparably safe world.

He hadnʼt expected to be wrong.

This world not only had Acnologia, it also had numerous dragons whose strength rivaled Acnologiaʼs.

This world wasnʼt too safe.

It was far too dangerous!

”Wait. If you didnʼt know that Evan and the others were currently fighting the God Dragons, then why did you come to Fairy Tail to ask about Natsu and the othersʼ safety?”

”Come to think of it, your behavior just now, as well as many things youʼve done since the beginning, are all extremely suspicious.”

”Who exactly are you?!”

Just as Future Rogueʼs face turned deathly pale as he lamented how dangerous this world was, Macao seemed to realize something.

He looked at Future Rogue and asked with great annoyance.

”Not good!”

Future Rogue knew that Macao had realized something.

He knew that this wasnʼt a place he could stay any longer.

At this moment, Future Rogue had no desire to meet Evan anymore either…

It went without saying.

From his conversation with Macao just now, he had learned that Fairy Tail in this world had already begun preparing to subjugate the God Dragons.

And every one of those God Dragons possessed strength no weaker than Acnologiaʼs.

Macaoʼs words had revealed several pieces of information.

The first piece of information was that Macao knew about Acnologiaʼs strength.

In other words, Fairy Tail might already have encountered Acnologia!

The second piece of information was that after Fairy Tail had encountered Acnologia, they were still completely unharmed and hadnʼt fallen into a deep sleep.

What did this mean?

It meant that perhaps it wasnʼt Fairy Tail who had fallen asleep on Tenrou Island.

It was Acnologia!

The third piece of information was that after Fairy Tail learned that the Northern Continent was home to six God Dragons who rivaled Acnologia, they still dared to travel to the Northern Continent, Guiltina, and hunt down those God Dragons.

What did this mean?

It meant that Fairy Tailʼs combat power might exceed the combined strength of all six God Dragons!

Converted into numbers, that was equivalent to six Acnologias…

How the hell was he supposed to fight that?!

After using the information Macao had revealed to analyze so much intelligence, Future Rogue had no time to determine whether any of it was true.

There was only one thing he needed to do now:

Escape from Fairy Tail and continue gathering information somewhere else…

”Farewell!”

Thinking of this, Future Rogue didnʼt waste another word.

He immediately transformed into a pitch-black shadow and sprinted in the opposite direction from the teleportation gate.

”Trying to run!”

Macao had no idea why Rogue was trying to escape.

Regardless, whenever someone ran away, the first thing to do was stop them!

It was probably some kind of instinct.

Just like when someone made eye contact with a police officer for one second before turning around and running away—the officer would instinctively chase after them…

”Flame Whip!”

Macao immediately summoned a purple flaming whip and lashed it toward Future Rogue, who had transformed into a shadow.

”Ow! This old manʼs strength isnʼt weaker than mine during the Grand Magic Games!”

”In my timeline, this is absolutely impossible!”

”I get it now! Iʼve traveled to a super-enhanced version of the Fairy Tail timeline…”

After being struck by Macaoʼs flames, Future Rogue immediately felt a burning pain across his back.

Through the force of Macaoʼs attack, Future Rogue judged that Macaoʼs strength was completely comparable to his own six years later, when Future Rogue participated in the Grand Magic Games and was beaten senseless by Natsu, tasting defeat for the first time.

At the same time, Future Rogue knew that Macao absolutely didnʼt possess this level of strength in his own timeline…

Otherwise, Fairy Tail wouldnʼt have been ranked dead last for several consecutive years…

”Everyone, stop him!”

Just as Future Rogue transformed into a shadow and sped through the Fairy Tail Guild, Macao shouted and pointed at Future Rogue running across the floor.

”Trying to run!”

In an instant, the various Mages of Fairy Tail moved!

”Desert Saber!”

Marcus flashed forward and blocked Future Rogueʼs path.

His arm transformed into a black Desert Saber, which he swung down at Future Rogue on the floor.

”What?!”

Future Rogue hadnʼt expected Marcusʼs attack to be so powerful.

With just one exchange, Marcus had directly knocked him out of Shadow Mode.

”What kind of magic is this?!”

Future Rogue looked at Marcus in confusion and asked.

”Armament Haki!”

Marcus looked at Future Rogueʼs confused expression and slightly raised the corners of his lips.

”Since youʼve come to our Fairy Tail, youʼre staying!”

Just as Future Rogue was stunned, clouds of mist rushed toward him and wrapped around his body.

The seemingly light and weightless mist was actually as hard as steel, directly trapping Future Rogue in place.

”What the hell is this?!”

Feeling the clouds of mist binding him, veins bulged on Future Rogueʼs forehead.

He discovered that no matter how hard he struggled, he simply couldnʼt break free.

”Give up! With your strength, thereʼs absolutely no way you can break free!”

At this moment, Wakaba approached Future Rogue with his hands behind his back.

After all, he was a man who had unlocked his Second Origin.

With his strength, he naturally wasnʼt anything special within Fairy Tail.

But in the other Guilds of the Kingdom of Fiore, becoming an S-Class Mage would be more than enough…

”Damn it!”

”Then Iʼll show you what true power looks like!”

Feeling the clouds of mist trapping him and seeing the Fairy Tail Mages surrounding him with hostile and malicious expressions, Future Rogue finally exploded with power!

Future Rogue let out a loud roar.

Then an endless force of light and shadow erupted from his body!

At this moment, Future Rogue not only entered Dragon Force, but also entered a form that the Mages of Fairy Tail had never seen before…

”White Shadow Dragon Mode!”

After activating White Shadow Dragon Mode, Future Rogueʼs magic power instantly reached its peak.

The previously indestructible mist was immediately torn apart by Future Rogue!

”What is this?!”

At the same time, the various Mages of Fairy Tail were shocked as they watched Future Rogue suddenly explode with power.

They hadnʼt expected Future Rogue to have such a trump card.

For a moment, everyone merely watched without anyone taking the initiative to attack Future Rogue.

”Goodbye!”

Future Rogue had no intention of continuing the fight.

After all, the continent-spanning teleportation gate behind him was still open.

He didnʼt dare gamble on whether the monster on the other side would come looking for him through the gate.

All he needed to do now was leave this damn Guild as quickly as possible.

Future Rogue transformed into a pitch-black shadow and instantly headed toward the entrance of the Fairy Tail Guild, leaving behind a scene of destruction and the completely bewildered members of Fairy Tail.

”Youʼre really going to let him run away?!”

Wakaba looked somewhat dissatisfied as he watched Future Rogue flee.

Ever since Fairy Tail had risen to the top, Future Rogue was still the first person who had managed to escape after destroying several tables and chairs in their Fairy Tail Guild.

”How could that be…”

”Look. Is that teleportation gate still in the hall?”

Macao held a cigarette between his lips, puffing away with repeated ”puff, puff” sounds as he pointed toward the spot where Evan had originally opened the teleportation gate.

”Huh? When did… I see!”

Wakaba followed Macaoʼs finger and looked over.

Evanʼs original teleportation gate had already disappeared from where it had been.

Wakaba stared at the empty Guild Hall and was slightly stunned.

Then he seemed to understand something.

He smiled without saying a word and cast a look of ”good luck” toward Future Rogueʼs fleeing shadow.

”Hahaha! Just a little farther! Just a little farther, and Iʼll be out of this damn hellhole!”

”I never expected this Fairy Tail to be so much stronger than the one in my world. Even those nameless cannon fodder are far stronger than I was at this point in time!”

”No! Looking at the current Sabertooth as a whole, there isnʼt even a single person who could defeat these cannon fodder…”

”If even the cannon fodder of Fairy Tail in this timeline have been strengthened to the point of rivaling Sting and me, then just how powerful will Natsu and the others be at this point in time?!”

”Damn it! I should have realized it sooner! Fairy Tail in this timeline must have encountered Acnologia on Tenrou Island as well. Itʼs just that with Acnologiaʼs strength, he wasnʼt powerful enough to defeat this worldʼs Fairy Tail!”

Future Rogue ran wildly while frantically complaining inwardly.

He finally understood.

The timeline he had arrived in was probably a crazy super-enhanced version of the Fairy Tail Guild…

Just as Future Rogue was thinking this, he suddenly charged through the entrance of the Fairy Tail Guild!

”Iʼve won!”

Future Rogue looked at the endless white light outside the Guild entrance and smiled.

At the same time, outside the Fairy Tail Guild in the town of Magnolia, a gigantic teleportation gate that towered into the clouds was quietly standing there.

The moment Future Rogue rushed out of the Fairy Tail Guild and couldnʼt stop himself, he charged straight into the gigantic teleportation gate.

In an instant, the teleportation gate transformed into a burst of white light and disappeared from where it had been!

”What the hell?!”

When Future Rogue rushed out of the Fairy Tail Guild, what appeared before his eyes wasnʼt the blue sky and white clouds of the new world he had longed for.

It was a blinding white light.

Then Future Rogue felt as though his mind had gone blank.

By the time Future Rogue regained consciousness, he had already arrived in an unfamiliar environment…

No!

Actually, it wasnʼt exactly unfamiliar…

After Future Rogue carefully examined his surroundings, he discovered that he was currently inside the Fairy Tail Guild.

The only difference from the Fairy Tail Guild Hall heʼd just been in was that this Guild Hall seemed to be completely empty.

”Did I go through the wrong door? Did I actually not escape from the Fairy Tail Guild at all?”

”No, thatʼs not right. I definitely ran outside just now…”

”But whatʼs going on here? Aside from the fact that there isnʼt anyone here, this place is practically identical to the Guild Hall I was just in!”

”Forget it. I donʼt care anymore. No matter who is standing in my way, they wonʼt be able to stop me from escaping this place!”

Future Rogue, who had transformed into a shadow, was confused.

He darted around the enormous Guild Hall before once again targeting the Guild entrance, preparing to charge straight out of the door in one go!

At this moment, Future Rogue had already made up his mind.

No matter who stood in his way, he was going to escape from this damn Guild!

Thinking of this, Future Rogue increased his speed…

Future Rogue, who had transformed into a shadow, moved unhindered through the empty Guild Hall.

However, the moment Future Rogue approached the Fairy Tail Guild entrance, it seemed as though something blocked him!

Then Future Rogue suddenly felt his body become light.

He knew that someone had forcibly dragged him out of Shadow Mode…

But Future Rogue wasnʼt panicked at this moment.

He wanted to see exactly who had blocked his path!

”Bang!”

The moment Future Rogue was forcefully thrown to the ground, he immediately rolled to his feet.

At the same time, he turned around and launched an attack at the person behind him.

”Shadow Dragonʼs Roar!”

The next second, a pitch-black beam of light was released from Future Rogueʼs mouth and shot toward the person behind him.

At the same time, as Future Rogue attacked the person behind him, he caught sight of the manʼs appearance from the corner of his eye.

The man had long, dark-blue hair and dark skin, with patterns covering his body.

His upper body was bare, and a clean cloak hung over his shoulders…

At the same time, the Fairy Tail Guild emblem on the manʼs body was especially conspicuous.

”Huh? Why does this guy look so familiar?”

The instant Future Rogue attacked the man, his heart suddenly trembled.

”Inhale!”

On the other side, the man remained exceptionally calm in the face of Future Rogueʼs attack.

He casually waved his large hand and caught Future Rogueʼs Roar with his bare hand.

Then he stuffed Future Rogueʼs Roar directly into his mouth.

”Dragon Slayer Mage? Youʼve got some nerve! You actually dare attack me, the Black Dragon King Acnologia!”

At the same time, after swallowing Future Rogueʼs Roar, the man revealed a sinister smile.