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20.02% Fairy Tail: Metal and Threads / Chapter 137: To Galuna Island

章節 137: To Galuna Island

Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Hargeon.

July, x784.

A few hours after leaving the guild hall, Alfonzo, Elicia, Ultear, and Erza arrived in Hargeon. After arriving, they immediately made their way to the address where they would meet the contact for the quest.

Even though the client, as indicated on the quest sheet, was Moka, the chief of the only village on Galuna Island, he was unable to leave the island to meet with the wizards who accepted the quest. Instead, his presence was required to coordinate the defenses against the magical centipedes. In his place, his son, Bobo, would meet the wizards and guide them to the island.

"Are you sure this is the address?" Ultear asked as she looked at the building in front of her in disbelief. "I mean, he's the village chief's son, right?"

"That's right." Alfonzo replied. "But I'm definitely sure this is the address."

Just after getting out of the Escalade, the group of four Fairy Tail wizards found themselves standing in front of an old, run-down motel on the outskirts of Hargeon. Naturally, after seeing the accommodation, the four were surprised, to say the least.

"This makes me a lot less confident that we will actually get paid for this quest." Ultear muttered as she followed the other three toward the motel's entrance.

A few moments later, the four were standing outside of one of the motel's rooms. A few moments after knocking on the door, which Alfonzo thought he would punch a hole through with his gentle knock, the door was answered by a tan-skinned, middle-aged man with black hair, black eyes, and a mustache that grew down to his chin wearing a white t-shirt, black pants, black boots, and an emerald, green cape.

"Hmm… Can I help you?" The tan-skinned man, Bobo, asked after opening the door and observing the four people standing in front of him.

"Rather than you helping us, we came to help you." Elicia said with a cheerful smile.

"Huh?" Bobo exclaimed in confusion.

"We're members of Fairy Tail." Alfonzo replied. "And we've accepted the quest your father, Moka, posted about the centipedes."

Hearing that, Bobo scrutinize the four wizards in front of him with a critical gaze while rubbing his chin in contemplation.

"I see…" Bobo said after a few seconds of awkward silence. "Honestly, I was expecting some older wizards. There are hundreds of those centipedes and they've already severely injured a large number of our villagers."

"Severely injured?" Erza asked in surprise. "Have there been no casualties?"

"Not yet." Bobo replied while shaking his head. "The people of our village are much tougher than your average person."

In response, Alfonzo and Elicia tried their best not to roll their eyes. They already knew that Bobo was not human, just like the members of his village. So, they were not surprised that no one had lost their lives yet. Ultear and Erza, on the other hand, found it unbelievable that a bunch of normal villagers were still putting up a fight against such heavily stacked odds.

"Anyway, we're all S-Class wizards." Ultear said, coming out of her surprise. "So, I think the four of us will be more help than you expected."

"Really?" Bobo asked skeptically. "All of you are S-Class?"

"That's right." Alfonzo replied with a nod. "I'd offer you a demonstration… But if we showed you our more powerful magic right now, there's a good chance we'd end up destroying part of the town."

Shrugging as he spoke, Alfonzo, along with the three girls, smiled at Bobo confidently.

Feeling the confidence radiating from the four young adults in front of him, Bobo was closer to believing the quartet's claim. Either way, they were the ones who showed up for the S-Class quest posted by his father, so he had little room to doubt them.

"I guess only time will tell if what you say is the truth or not." Bobo said. "Either way, since you're here, we should get moving immediately. I don't know how much longer the village can hold on."

Dropping their confident smiles, Alfonzo, Elicia, Ultear, and Erza wore solemn expressions as they nodded in return. Then, the newly established group of five left the motel room after Bobo locked the door. A few moments later, Bobo checked out and the group boarded the Escalade before heading to the pier.

When they arrived at the pier, the four wizards from Fairy Tail expected to see a sailing vessel of some kind. However, what greeted them instead was a boat large enough to carry six people at maximum. On top of that, there was no sail to be seen. Instead, there was a pair of oars attached to the sides of the boat.

"Seriously?" Elicia asked in dumbfounded amazement. "Are we gonna row our way to the island?"

"Sorry." Bobo said in an embarrassed tone while scratching his fingers through his hair. "We don't have the funds to buy a better boat."

"And just how long will this boat ride take?" Ultear asked, not too keen on riding in such a small boat for an extended period.

"If the currents are on our side, about sixteen hours." Bobo replied after thinking about the answer for a few seconds.

"Oh, hell nah." Alfonzo said disdainfully. Then, he looked at Bobo before continuing. "Do you mind if I do a bit of modification to this… boat?"

"Huh?" Bobo replied in confusion. "What do you mean?"

Instead of replying, Alfonzo hopped from the pier and landed in the center of the boat. Then, he knelt down and placed his hands on the deck. A moment later, a dark grey, liquid metal began seeping from Alfonzo's hands. Then, it slithered toward the stern of the boat and began to take the form of an engine with a propeller, rudder, and a lever to control the rudder. Then, it secured itself to the back of the boat with clamps.

"Alright, I think we're ready to go." Alfonzo said with a refreshing smile.

"What do you plan to use for fuel?" Ultear asked curiously.

"I'll provide the magic power myself." Alfonzo replied.

"But won't that be draining?" Erza asked with a slight frown.

"A little." Alfonzo replied with a nod. "But with this, we should be around eight times faster than the oars could ever go. So, it should only take about two hours to get there."

It should be noted that the five passengers of the boat all had strength much greater than your average human. So, the speeds they could achieve by rowing the boat would be astonishing.

*Clap!*

"That means we won't have to sleep on this little boat." Elicia said happily.

While the four wizards discussed in a lively fashion, Bobo could only look on in surprise. He had heard of these magic engines during his time in Hargeon. Still, this was his first time to see one.

"Hey, Mr. Bobo." Alfonzo said, pulling Bobo from his musings. "We're ready to go whenever you are."

Snapping back to reality, Bobo looked at Alfonzo who was now sitting at the stern of the boat next to the engine. On top of that, the three girls were also sitting in the boat, clearly waiting for him to board as well.

"*Sigh* It feels like I'm getting old." Bobo muttered as he also hopped into the boat.

"I'll be counting on you for directions." Alfonzo said with a smile after Bobo was seated. "I'll have to control the boat, though. This thing will only respond to my magic power."

"I understand." Bobo replied with a nod. Then, he turned his attention to the open seas. "The faster we can move, the better. Hopefully, we can make it before nightfall. The centipedes rarely attack during the day."

With that, Bobo pointed in a certain direction.

"If you go straight that way, you'll end up on the shores of the island." Bobo said in a solemn tone. "And don't worry about going off course, I'll notice immediately if that happens."

"Got it." Alfonzo said, injecting magic power into the engine. "Then, let's go."

Like that, Alfonzo steered the boat away from the pier. Then, as the boat gained distance from Hargeon, Alfonzo increased the speed. Eventually, the bow of the wooden boat was lifted out of the watter As it rushed across the sea.

About ten minutes later, the boat started rattling from the stress of high-speed movement.

"Uh… Fonzie, the boat feels like it might fall apart." Elicia said, cautioning Alfonzo without seeming nervous at all.

"Oh, I forgot about that." Alfonzo replied nonchalantly.

A moment later, more of the same liquid metal, which was the Techno Organic Metal, flowed from Alfonzo's hand on the rudder. Then, it quickly coated the outside of the boat before hardening into something solid.

With that, the ride became more stable and the rest of the trip went on without issue. If not for…

"Good, now there should be nothing to slow us down." Elicia said happily, enjoying the sea breeze as it fluttered her hair.

"And Lici raises a flag." Alfonzo said in an exasperated tone.

"I'm starting to think you do this on purpose." Ultear said in an annoyed tone.

"Indeed." Erza replied with a nod. "The frequency is to high to be a coincidence."

'Raised a flag? Does it on purpose?' bobo asked himself, not following the conversation at all.

"Oopsie." Elicia said innocently while sticking out her tongue.

The fact of the matter is, Elicia has never once intentionally raised a flag. Instead, she still has the habit of saying what's on her mind without thinking. Though, she has improved greatly in that matter. However, whenever she slips, she seems to always raise a flag.

Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Galuna Island.

Three hours later, the boat carrying Alfonzo, Elicia, Ultear, Erza, and Bobo pulled up on the shores of Galuna Island less than an hour before the sun fell below the horizon with a few aquatic magical beast corpses dragged behind it on a raft made of ice.

"We should seriously prohibit Elicia from speaking when we take quests." Ultear said with a huff. "Seriously, we were attacked by four A-Class magical beasts in three hours. How is that even possible."

"It's not my fault." Elicia said with a pout. "It's not like I dropped bait or something. Besides, if you're so mad, don't eat the seafood when Fonzie cooks them."

Looking back at the corpse of the crab, shrimp, swordfish, and eel magical beasts, Ultear fell silent before looking away with a pout.

While Alfonzo and Erza smiled wryly at the back and forth between Elicia and Ultear, Bobo was amazed.

'We were attacked four times.' Bobo thought to himself. 'And each encounter was ended with a single attack. On top of that, they each killed one while making sure not to damage the meat. And I doubted that the were all S-Class mages. I guess I really am getting old.'

"Anyway, let's get to the village." Alfonzo said, dispelling the engine, the rudder, the boat's metal coating, and the chain connected to the ice raft. "It's almost dark. We should get there before those creepy crawlies start attacking.

Nodding with solemn expressions on their faces, the other four, with Ultear manipulating the ice raft to follow them from the beach, joined Alfonzo, heading away from the beach with Bobo taking the lead.

"How long is the walk, usually?" Erza asked as she used a sword to part the island's vegetation.

"It should only take about twenty minutes at this pace." Bobo replied. "We could probably do it in ten if we really tried."

"Then, I think we should try." Alfonzo said as he raised his right hand toward the limb of a tree. "[Metal Magic: Spike Volley]."

A moment later, half a dozen sharp, arm-length metal spikes formed around Alfonzo's outstretched arm like the chambers of a revolver. Then, they began to spin and rotate around his arm, firing once they were positioned above his arm.

*Screech!*

In the next second, the sound of something cracking, followed by the sound of flesh being punctured and a pain filled screech could be heard. After that, a large amount of green blood and cracked pieces of a hard carapace fell to the ground.

Upon contact with the blood, the ground began to sizzle, indicating that the blood was highly corrosive.

*Boom!*

A moment later, a 16'5" (approx.. 5 m) long centipede fell from the tree and crashed to the ground. After landing, it twitched continuously.

However, instead of inspecting the centipede, the group started to run toward the village.

As soon as they landed on the island, Alfonzo, Ultear, and Erza had stretched out their [Magic Power Detection] while Elicia started spreading her [Detection Threads] over every surface she could reach, including tree trunks and branches. Even though the attacks usually didn't start until night fall, there was no guarantee that the centipedes would not attack them as they approached the village.

"Centipedes are so gross." Elicia said with a mildly disgusted expression on her face. "I mean, all those legs are so… Eww!"

"And their even worse when they're that big." Ultear added. Then, she made the hand gestures for her magic. "[Ice-Make: Lance]."

Half a dozen sharp ice spears extended from the deep blue magic circle that appeared in front of Ultear's outstretched hands. Then, just like what happened with Alfonzo, a centipede fell from the trees onto the ground. However, instead of falling into a pool of its own corrosive blood, it smashed into a frozen pile of its blood.

"We must make haste." Erza said as she ran alongside the rest of the group. "I can feel a large swarm approaching a group of people…. But these people's magic power feels different."

"yeah, and they all have so much." Ultear said with a slight frown.

At that, bobo's eyebrow twitched in nervousness. However, without a word, he continued to run. Eventually, Alfonzo grabbed him and flung him over his shoulder.

"Hey, what are you---" Bobo exclaimed in surprise.

"We're speeding up." Alfonzo said, circulating his magic power throughout his body. "Don't bite your tongue."

Like Alfonzo, Elicia, Ultear, and Erza also circulated their magic power. Then, they all, at least, tripled their running speed and sped off toward the village.


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I don't know why, but I slept in today. So, the 2 chapters meant for patr3on will be up later. You can read ahead at:

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章節 138: Village Under Attack

Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Galuna Island.

July, x784.

On the crescent moon-shaped island of Galuna, other than trees, vegetation, a beach, and steep cliffs, there are only two things that were not created by nature. One was a small village encircled by high walls and an even larger gate with a sign that reads, "Keep Out!" As well as spikes surrounding the gate.

Inside those walls were a number of houses and four watch towers that watched over them. The torches in the towers provided light to the village even on the darkest of nights. These torches also served to illuminate the area around the walls, as well. Unfortunately, the sight around the walls was something that most people would hope they never had to see.

In the area between the tree line and the walls of the village were at the very least two hundred fifty centipedes who rushed toward the village walls. With the smallest of these centipedes measuring at least six and a half feet (approx.. 2 m) in length while the largest was around 27'9" (approx.. 7 m) long.

Meanwhile, standing atop the walls of the village were the villagers capable of fighting. Mostly young and middle-aged men with several women mixed in their numbers, there were around seventy villagers defending from the attacking centipedes by firing condensed blasts of pure magic power.

"We can't let up!" The tallest of all the defenders shouted from the top of the wall. "If we do, those damned bugs will kill everyone in the village down to the last child!"

"Rah!" The other defending villagers roared as they two fired their magic power shots at the incoming centipedes.

"But why are they attacking now?" One of the women near the tall man asked after firing a magic power blast that knocked a centipede off the wall. "There's still time before the sun sets completely."

"Who knows." The tall man replied while firing another blast.

"They seem much more agitated than usual, too." Another man pointed out from atop the wall. "They're much more aggressive…"

"Like they're out for blood." A third man chimed in, finishing the second's sentence. "But why?"

"Maybe Bobo returned with wizards from the mainland." The woman said, the hope in her tone clear for everyone to hear.

After that statement was made, it was clear that the other nearby villagers were thinking the same thing. Unfortunately, the centipedes had no intension of letting them bask in that feeling. Rather, it seemed as if they were looking to crush it. At that very moment, the centipede's offensive seemed to intensify and in a matter of seconds, the lower half of the wall was crawling with centipedes hell bent on scaling the walls and entering the village.

"Stay focused!" The tall man shouted. "We don't have time to indulge in our daydreams! Keep firing!"

Like that, the villagers focused their attacks on the centipedes on the walls, knocking many of them back to the ground. While they were able to end the lives of a few, even more took their places.

"Thread Magic: Impaling Twisters]." A female voice chanted just as a centipede reached the top of the wall.

In the next moment, numerous threads spiraled together and pierced through the centipedes near the top of the wall before flinging them back towards the tree line. As they flew away, the threads that pierced them were dissolving.

In the next instant, a brown-skinned woman with short, straight black hair, dark brown eyes, a good figure with wide hips and long legs wearing a baby blue sleeveless shirt, a matching skirt, a black corset, black stockings and elbow-length gloves, and black and baby blue, short boots flew from the tree line and landed on top of the wall.

"Tch! This corrosive blood is annoying." The brown skinned woman, Elicia, said with a pout. "So many of my threads are dissolving."

"Focus, Elicia!" Shouted a scarlet red-haired woman wearing a silver armor, with a feather and wing motif, with a sword in each hand and surrounded by at least thirty more flying swords. "Focus on killing this vermin first! Dance, my swords! [Heaven's Wheel: Circle Sword]."

As the red-haired woman, Erza, chanted her spell, she descended from the sky in her armor that exposed much of her breasts and cleavage, as well as her abdomen, consisting of a very revealing breast plate, a long armored skirt that reached to her ankles, short boots, gauntlets, a neck guard, a tiara, and a pair of silvery metal wings.

Landing in the middle of a horde of charging centipedes, Erza's many flying swords began to rotate around her. Then, they were all fired outward, piercing through the centipedes as they continued seeking other targets.

"You're such a showoff, Erza." Elicia said from the top of the wall as she swung the threads extending from her fingers at the incoming centipedes.

"[Ice-Make: Rose Petal Rain]" A third female voice sounded from the opposite side of the village.

In the next instant, ten giant ice roses sprouted from the ground around the village. Then, once they all bloomed, they broke down into sharp, rose petal-shaped, ice shards that rained down on the incoming horde of centipedes.

A moment later, a path of ice was formed from the tree line and weaved through the screeching and thrashing centipedes. Then, it extended to the top of the wall. Another moment later, a beautiful woman with long black hair wearing red lipstick, a white skin-tight body suit with a black cross on the chest, black knee length boots, and a blue cape with a white cross on the back slid along the ice path until she reached the top of the wall. Then, the ice path shattered and shot toward the centipedes, knocking them away.

"And I thought Erza was showing off." Elicia said with a pout. "But Ultear is even worse."

"It's not my fault your magic is better suited for silent takedowns." Ultear said, controlling the ice shards to continue attacking the centipedes.

"Either way, it's time to end this." A male voice said while descending in the middle of the village.

"What the hell are you, Kid?" A second male voice shouted in panic. "How are we flying?"

That question caused the first man, Alfonzo, to roll his eyes.

'Your whole village is composed of winged demons and you act surprised about flying?' Alfonzo thought to himself. 'You're really dedicated to your roll, huh?'

After touching down, Alfonzo let go of the second man, Bobo. Then, he floated up into the sky once again. Once he was above the highest point of the wall, he stretched his arms out.

"[Electromagnetism/Metal Combination Magic: Electrified Wire]." Alfonzo chanted as a few thin metal wires extended from his hands toward the centipedes. Making sure to use corrosion resistant metals, they did not start to dissolve when the wires pierced the centipedes. Instead, they split and shot toward the nearest centipede before repeating the process again and again. Some of the wires even shot underground.

Then, once Alfonzo was satisfied with the coverage, his entire body started crackling with electricity that surged along the wires.

*Screech!*

With that, the sound of pain filled screeches and the scent burning centipede flesh filled the air.

Meanwhile, in an underground cavern located below the only other man made structure on the island, a large, ancient temple that clearly showed the vicissitudes it had endured, was a nearly thirty three feet (10 m) long centipede with sharp mandibles, horns, and spikes jutting out all over its carapace lying docilly.

Considering the state the island was in and the quest the Fairy Tail wizards accepted, seeing a centipede like this would have surprised no one. However, the small being, a small, half-black/half-white bear standing at 2'1" (approx.. 65 cm) tall with a protruding white belly, a round black eye and a pleasant smile on its white, right side, and a jagged red eye and sinister smile on its black, left side, sitting on its head would surprise anyone who saw the scene.

"Hmm…" The strange little bear hummed in contemplation while rubbing its chin with its black paw. Then, in a high-pitched male voice, it spoke to itself. "I let that one demon go to look for help about a week ago. It should be time for him to return now, right?"

At that moment, the large centipede began to stir uncomfortably.

Looking down at the creature below him, the bear mused aloud once again.

"Hmm… I guess that answers that question." The bear said with a nod. "Quite a few of the centipedes died just now. He must have found some very strong helpers. Still, that won't do. Does he have any idea how much trouble it was getting these centipedes here?"

With that, the bear patted the centipede on the top of its head.

"Why don't you call them all back?" The bear asked in a gentle tone. "For the next few nights, we'll send a few dozen… No more than a hundred at them to test their capabilities and give them a false sense of security. Then, when the time is right, we'll give them a taste of true despair."

*Screech!*

The giant centipede let out a screech that could be heard all over Galuna Island. As soon as not only the centipedes that were attacking the village, but all the centipedes on the island heard that screech, they stopped whatever it was they were doing and rushed back toward the nest below the ancient temple.

"What's going on?" A woman participating in the village's defenses asked as she watched the centipedes retreat.

"I don't know." A man with burns from being splashed with centipede blood on his torso replied.

"Is this a trap?" The tall man that led the village defenses asked with a frown. "They've never retreated so early into the night before."

"Maybe because of how many died?" A second woman asked.

"We've definitely killed more than this before." The tall man said once again.

"It's probably because of how fast they died." Elicia said, cutting into the conversation.

Frowning at the outsider's interruption, the tall man glanced at Elicia. After noticing the guild emblem on her shoulder, he turned his attention towards Alfonzo who was once again lowering himself to the ground in the center of the village. Then, he looked down at Bobo, who was wearing a wry smile while being berated by an elderly man, causing the tall man to smile wryly as well.

"I'm guessing the four of you are the wizards who accepted the chief's request for aid." The tall man asked, looking at Elicia once again. "I'm Adramelech, the captain of the village guard."

"Hi! It's nice to meetcha!" Elicia said with an energetic tone and a happy smile on her face. "I'm Elicia Taylor. The black-haired girl on the other side of the village is Ultear Milkovich. The red-haired one outside the village is Erza Scarlet. And the oh so sexy guy in the village is my… No, our fiancé and the leader of our party, Alfonzo Marcus."

Looking at Elicia with a strange gaze, Adramelech didn't know what to make of her upbeat personality. They had just finished fighting with a horde of murderous centipedes. He was completely unable to understand how she could be so energetic.

The truth of the matter was, Elicia was just excited about the feast that Alfonzo would cook with the aquatic magical beasts they killed on their way to the island. And, in order to not have them damaged by the centipedes or other wildlife on the island, Alfonzo, after wrapping them in a case made of adamantite and having Ultear add some ice to keep them cool, buried the corpses. That's the whole reason why he and Ultear were the last two to arrive at the village.

"*Cough* Anyway, get the injured to the medical station!" Adramelech shouted, deciding that he wouldn't think about the energetic girl in front of him anymore. "I want half of those who can still fight to take the first shift on watch. We'll switch shifts every four hours!"

"Understood." All the defenders saluted before carrying out Adramelech's orders.

"Impressive." Erza said as she flew to the top of the wall and landed next to Elicia. "They are quite well trained and very disciplined. If only the members of our guild could show a fraction of their discipline."

"Says the one with one of the highest property repair tabs in the guild." Ultear said as she approached the group.

Instead of replying, Erza looked away, not acknowledging Ultear's comment. Then, she [Requipped] into her normal armor.

"Besides, if the wizards of Fairy Tail were so disciplined and restrained, would they really be Fairy Tail anymore?" Elicia asked with a smile. Then, she grabbed Ultear and Erza by the hands and started pulling them towards Alfonzo. "More importantly, I'm really hungry. Let's get Fonzie to cook that seafood feast."


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