Chương 95: Chapter 95: A New Simulation Task, First Guild Master Mavis' Regret!
Thus, Cornelia officially joined the Fairy Tail guild.
"So this is the Fairy Tail guild stamp?!"
"Seeing it again after fifteen years... it's just as beautiful as I remembered."
Cornelia lifted her forearm, carefully examining the brown stamp on it, a satisfied smile on her face. From today on, she would no longer watch helplessly as Gildarts went off on missions while she had no choice but to stay behind due to her lack of power. She would keep an eye on this scoundrel who couldn't control his wandering eyes.
"..." Gildarts had no words. He looked up to the sky and muttered, "It feels like happiness always comes at the cost of something else. But I swear, my love for Cornelia is unique. For Cornelia, I'd be willing to abandon Maria, Julie, Emily, Emma—whatever it takes!"
"Everyone, come here! Come hear the disgusting stuff that Gildarts just said!"
Ian shouted loudly, sitting not far from Gildarts.
"Hey, hey, hey..." Gildarts' expression turned frantic as he nervously looked at Ian. "Aren't we brothers? No backstabbing here."
"I don't recall us being brothers," Ian responded coldly, a trace of disdain in his eyes.
"Come on now. You're my best friend in this life..." Gildarts threw an arm around Ian's shoulders, laughing.
"Is it inevitable that all men turn into scum once they grow up?"
Not far away, Mirajane watched Gildarts and Ian, her brow furrowed.
"No, probably not. It depends on the person," Ultear replied calmly. "Take Gray's father, Silver, for example—he's very pure-hearted. As for Gildarts and Ian, their scumminess isn't because of their gender. Even if they were bugs or ants, they'd still be the worst of their kind."
Ultear, ever the INTP, gave a rational explanation.
"Good point," Mirajane nodded, feeling enlightened. She definitely didn't want her younger brother Elfman to grow up and become someone like Ian or Gildarts—falling in love wherever he went and leaving broken hearts all over the Kingdom of Fiore.
Well, Ian and Gildarts had already become cautionary tales.
"Gildarts, Cornelia, get a little closer together."
"Cana, give us a big smile."
"Yes, just like that."
Reedus Jonah held his paintbrush, capturing the scene of Gildarts, Cornelia, and Cana—the whole family—on his canvas.
Thus, the Gildarts family's portrait was completed.
And with that, Ian's simulation task was also completely finished at this point.
"My efforts were worth it," Ian thought. Every time he saw the smiles of his guildmates as a result of his hard work, it made him immensely happy. All his effort was not in vain.
"Family portraits really are wonderful~"
While Ian sipped his beer, watching Gildarts and his family from afar, First Master Mavis sat barefoot on the guild's bar counter, her white feet dangling. As she looked at the family portrait of Gildarts, Cornelia, and Cana, her eyes showed a hint of envy, followed by a wave of guilt.
"Is it coming?!"
"The simulation about August..."
Ian's eyes brightened as he realized what was coming. He could hardly wait to begin the simulation concerning August.
[Ding! New simulation detected...]
[Initiator: Fairy Tail Guild's First Master, Mavis Vermillion.]
[Initiation Time: Year X696.]
[Content: Help Makarov Dreyar's father, Yuri Dreyar, and his mother, Rita, survive.]
Upon receiving the new simulation, Ian was stunned.
"Huh?!"
"Mavis' biggest regret isn't even about herself but about Makarov? I guess in her eyes, she always owed Makarov two lives."
With this in mind, Ian glanced deeply at Mavis and the weary Makarov.
However...
If Ian remembered correctly, Makarov's father, Yuri, was incredibly similar to Laxus, not only in magic but also in personality.
Only Yuri was more stable than Laxus.
The thought of successfully completing Mavis' simulation and saving Makarov's parents, Yuri and Rita...
Makarov would go from being an 80-year-old elder enjoying his twilight years to an 80-year-old elder, with a rebellious centenarian father, a rebellious son who joined a dark guild, and a rebelious grandson who constantly talked about being the strongest. The thought amused Ian to no end.
Ian: "Master Makarov, you better live a long life! The Fairy Tail guild still needs your leadership! Your parents are waiting for you to take care of them in the future!"
Makarov: "Spare me, please! Really..."
Time flew by.
Since Cornelia had joined Fairy Tail...
The guild entered a rare period of peace.
Of course, the main reason for this was that Fairy Tail's four S-Class mages were mostly absent, which also calmed down the entire town of Magnolia.
Meanwhile, Ian was busy preparing for his journey to the year X696...
Rita and Yuri's deaths were far from simple. They were a result of the curse of Ankhseram, the God of Life, which was entwined with Mavis. To be honest, Ian didn't yet have a way to deal with the curse...
It was a power that could drain even the immense life force of dragons. Ian knew he needed to approach this cautiously.
As for Gildarts, he was completely tied down by Cornelia lately, barely able to even move.
Whenever Ian and Gildarts met in the guild, they were always holding matching thermos bottles filled with oolong tea.
There was a certain shared sense of frailness between them, as fellow middle-aged men.
"Huff... Huff..."
Ur was still striving relentlessly, constantly enhancing her magic power. Through her persistent efforts, her power had finally broken the boundary of "inhuman" and reached the "Heavenly King" level.
"I finally broke through."
Ur lay on the ground, a smile of excitement on her lips. Around her, her magic power naturally released from her body, freezing the ground in a thick layer of frost.
This was, without a doubt, a symbol of officially stepping into the "Heavenly King" realm.
"Master Warrod, come and fight me!"
After achieving her breakthrough, Ur, now brimming with energy, approached Warrod, who was having tea in the guild. Even when she had one foot in the "Heavenly King" realm, she had been evenly matched with Warrod, who wasn't specialized in combat. Now that she had truly stepped into the realm, she was eager to test her strength. After much consideration, she decided to take on Warrod, one of the few in the guild who was at her level, as her next stepping stone.
"You broke through?!"
Warrod's eyes widened upon noticing Ur's success.
Were all the young people these days monsters?
Warrod recalled that it had taken him sixty or seventy years to reach the "Heavenly King" realm, and even then, he was hailed as a genius among geniuses.
Not anymore.
Now, he was simply one of the mages standing at the pinnacle of the Ishgar continent.
As for Gildarts, Warrod had no idea when he reached the "Heavenly King" level—Gildarts had always been a wild card. He was unstoppable across Ishgar by his thirties, so who knew when he truly stepped into this realm?
At this moment, Ian had the final say: "Twenty-five years old!"
Indeed, with Ian's help, Gildarts had reached that level a few months, or perhaps a year, earlier.
As for Ian himself...
He wasn't that old—around thirty.
He must have also reached the "Heavenly King" level in his twenties.
However, Ur, who was only thirty-two or thirty-three now, had advanced at an astonishing pace...
After all, unlike Ian and Gildarts, who had both relentlessly advanced in their magical path, Ur had essentially stagnated for years after reaching the "Wizard Saint" rank in her twenties, due to the crisis with her daughter Ultear.
By Warrod's calculations, Ur had only resumed training for about five years. With such rapid progress, even if one considered it an outburst of pent-up potential following years of emotional turmoil, it was still staggering.
"Well then, let's give it a try!"
Warrod took a deep breath. He knew he likely wasn't Ur's match now, but he still intended to give it his all.
To be honest, he was also curious—having guided Ur from the "Wizard Saint" into the "Heavenly King" realm, just how strong had she become?
"Alright..."
After deciding to duel, Warrod and Ur wasted no time and headed to the Fairy Tail guild's back mountain.
"Hey, hey, hey!"
"Did you hear?!"
"Master Warrod is going to fight Ur!"
"What?!"
"A fight between 'Wizard Saints' mages is a rare spectacle! We have to see this!"
"Who do you think will win, Ur or Master Warrod? Wanna place a bet?"
"Who would dare?!"
"Instead of betting on the outcome of Warrod versus Ur..."
"How about we bet on whether they'll end up destroying the entire town of Magnolia?"
The fight between Ur and Warrod seemed to invigorate the otherwise idle Fairy Tail mages, whose energy had slumped in Gildarts and Ian's absence.
And so, the back mountain of Fairy Tail, the usual battlefield for their mages, was once again packed to the brim.
Halfway up the mountain...
"Whew..."
Warrod and Ur stood facing each other, each gazing intently at the other.
Terrifying magical power radiated from their bodies.
"Ice Make: Rose Garden!"
Being younger and more impatient, Ur struck first.
One magic circle after another appeared in front of her, and countless beautiful roses bloomed in mid-air.
"Watch closely, Ur..."
"This is a real rose."
Seeing the roses attacking him, Warrod didn't take them lightly, unlike when he had faced Ultear during the S-Class mage trial. Instead, he used all his strength, summoning countless thick vines to clash with Ur's icy creations.
"Boom!!"
Ur's ice was instantly shredded by Warrod's magic. The green plants seemed capable of absorbing the moisture from Ur's ice creations, causing them to grow and sprout countless vibrant roses.
"Ice Make: Frost Parasite!"
Facing Warrod's magic, Ur remained calm, seemingly prepared for this scenario. She cast her Ice Make magic again, and the ice clung to the plants summoned by Warrod like a thin veil. But she wasn't finished. With a flick of her fingers, the vines that Warrod had summoned were covered in frost, and they suddenly turned to attack him instead.
"Interesting..."
Sweat dotted Warrod's forehead. He had already discarded his staff and, without his usual composure, pressed his palms together, channeling his magic. He summoned a tree with a diameter of over fifty meters, shielding himself and extending towards the sky.
The enormous tree broke through the clouds, its height impossible to determine.
Soon, the tree sprouted limbs and transformed into a massive treant. Compared to this treant, the hundred-meter-tall form Makarov turned into seemed rather insignificant.
"Ah..."
For a moment, Ur was stunned, as were the Fairy Tail members watching. Even Laxus, who had reached the "Wizard Saint" realm, was left dumbfounded, realizing for the first time that the "Wizard Saint" was only the beginning of the magical journey.
"Master Warrod, is this what you meant by 'not skilled in combat'?!"
"This is way too adept at combat, isn't it?!"
Mirajane felt her head spin. In the face of this enormous treant, even if she fully mastered Deliora's power, she wouldn't stand a chance.
"Whew..."
Ur gazed at the mountain-like treant before her. She exhaled a frosty breath, her terrifying magic swirling around her. At that moment, her power seemed to reach an unprecedented peak.
Now, frost covered Ur's hair, cheeks, and entire body, giving her a snow-white appearance, like an enchanting fairy born from ice and snow.
However, neither Warrod in his treant form nor Ur in her icy fairy state resembled humans.
This was the "inhuman" realm that surpassed humanity—the level occupied by the continent's top combatants, the "Heavenly Kings."
"Boom!"
The raging roar carried an icy force that seemed to want to freeze everything, enveloping Warrod's treant form. The enormous tree fist, extending over half the town, was entirely frozen in mid-air.
"How strong! But this is outrageous!"
"So Ice Make magic can actually be this powerful?!"
Gray, Lyon, and Ultear were stunned. They realized that the Ice Make magic in Ur's hands was completely different from the magic they wielded.
"Ur, there's no need to hold back. I know you've been training with a new type of magic, haven't you?!"
It seemed Warrod knew a bit about Ur's secrets. At their level, any changes in magical training were impossible to hide from each other. Besides, a mage of their rank could hardly go unnoticed when using magic—apart from the always-drunk Fairy Tail guild, who wouldn't notice the earth-shaking disturbance they caused?
"If that's the case..."
"Then forgive me."
As Ur spoke, the nature of her magic changed instantly. Ice Make was a free-form magic with diverse properties that brought joy, but now, her magic carried a sharp, offensive edge—a force geared purely for battle.
"Is this...?!"
Laxus, Natsu, and Wendy's expressions shifted. They recognized this magic; it had the unmistakable aura of Dragon Slayer Magic.
"Ur learned Dragon Slayer Magic too?!"
Natsu's face reflected his confusion.
"Without a dragon's guidance, can Dragon Slayer Magic still be learned?!" Wendy's large eyes showed deep curiosity.
"Of course," Erza chimed in. "After all, Dragon Slayer Magic was originally passed down from humans to humans. But I'm curious—only Father and Mother in Fairy Tail can teach it."
After confirming that Ur had learned Dragon Slayer Magic, Erza's eyes glinted with curiosity.
"Yes, I have become a disciple of Irene."
A smile tugged at Ur's lips. There was no shame in joining forces when you couldn't beat them.
Gray sulked, "Master Ur, didn't you say Ice Make had unlimited potential?!"
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