Fairy Tail: Collapsing Stars

Chapter 497: Future Lucy: The Fairy Tail of This World Is Ridiculously Strong!

"Good heavens! A full ten thousand dragons, and that still isn't enough to kill?!"

"What kind of force is this? Or perhaps, which powerhouse from which continent? How dare they say something like that?!"

"Before I traveled through time and came to this world, in my own world, I had never heard of any continent possessing powerhouses this powerful!"

At this moment, after hearing her mother Layla's words, Lucy's mind trembled, and her head was filled with Layla's statement that ten thousand dragons were not enough to kill. In Lucy's view, saying that even ten thousand dragons were not enough to kill was simply far too overbearing! Any force that dared to say such a thing must possess an incomparably powerful foundation...

At the same time, Lucy felt somewhat envious. If only the world she lived in had such a force or powerhouse, perhaps the fate of their Fairy Tail, or even all the Mages of the Kingdom of Fiore, would have proceeded in a completely different direction...

Perhaps she would not have needed to use the Eclipse Gate to travel through time and end up in another timeline like she had now.

Of course, Lucy did not regret anything she had done. She did not regret rashly using the Eclipse Gate to travel through time despite not knowing how to use it, only to end up in a world that was extremely similar to the world she came from, yet completely different...

Simply because, in this world, Lucy had met the mother she had been longing for.

"Lucy, you're confused. Of course you know this force. It's Fairy Tail!"

After hearing Lucy's words, Layla was slightly stunned before speaking to Lucy.

"Fairy Tail?!" Upon hearing Layla's words, Lucy was slightly stunned. Then she looked at Layla, disbelief filling her eyes, and asked in confusion, "You mean, the force that intends to deal with ten thousand dragons is Fairy Tail?!"

"Of course..."

Layla gently nodded at Lucy, indicating that she was certain.

"How could it be Fairy Tail?!"

Upon hearing this, Lucy immediately murmured in disbelief.

"I know Fairy Tail's strength better than anyone else. After all, I am also a Mage of Fairy Tail!"

"I admit that the Fairy Tail of my world is powerful, and performed exceptionally well in the Grand Magic Games! In terms of strength, it is already the number one Mage Guild in the Kingdom of Fiore..."

"But even such a powerful Fairy Tail was still powerless when dealing with dragons. Among all the Dragon Slayer Mages, even someone as powerful as Laxus was not an opponent for a dragon..."

Lucy's delicate brows were tightly furrowed, and she could not help muttering to herself. She recalled the miserable state of Fairy Tail in her world when they faced the dragons, and her eyes gradually became moist. However, just as Lucy was reminiscing about the past, she suddenly thought of something, and her expression shook!

"No, that's not right..."

Yes, Lucy finally realized that the Fairy Tail Layla was talking about was the Fairy Tail Guild of this world, not the Fairy Tail of the world she came from. Although both were called Fairy Tail, there was a world of difference between the two!

Just by looking at the designs of the two guilds, one could see a huge difference. One was still a three-story small Western-style building, while the other, because it kept being built higher and higher and larger and larger, now looked from afar like a tower reaching into the heavens! This enormous building had clearly become a landmark of the entire Magnolia Town, and even of the Kingdom of Fiore.

"Although the Fairy Tail of this world has the same name as the Fairy Tail of the world I come from, they are completely different existences..."

"The Fairy Tail of this world did not fall into slumber after being attacked by Acnologia during the S-Class Mage Promotion Trial held on Tenrou Island."

"Not only that, I heard that the Fairy Tail of this world successfully defeated Acnologia. In fact... I remember Macao saying that even the Acnologia recorded in "Apocalypse" is now a member of our Fairy Tail Guild!"

"In other words, the Fairy Tail of this world may be stronger than ever before..."

"If it is the Fairy Tail of this world, if it is the Fairy Tail that even recruited that Acnologia into its guild, then perhaps it really can defeat ten thousand dragons and save the world I come from..."

Just as Lucy was recalling the situation regarding the Fairy Tail Guild, she suddenly remembered what Macao had said to her when she encountered him inside the Fairy Tail Guild of this world.

The Fairy Tail Guild of this world had not only avoided being defeated by Acnologia on Tenrou Island, but had instead defeated Acnologia and forced him to...

Ahem, had instead kindly persuaded Acnologia to turn over a new leaf. In the end, Acnologia was moved by the love of their Fairy Tail Guild and officially joined the warm family of the Mage Guild Fairy Tail.

When Lucy recalled these words Macao had said to her, her expression naturally shook, and she began muttering to herself. Her spirits became increasingly high, and at this moment, Lucy seemed to have already seen her future that was about to be saved.

"It seems that the Fairy Tail of the world you come from, Lucy, is not strong enough!"

Layla had been observing Lucy's reaction all along. After hearing Lucy muttering to herself, Layla made a certain deduction.

In fact, from the very beginning, when Lucy said that her world had encountered a powerful enemy, Layla had already made a certain inference. She had guessed that the Fairy Tail of the world Lucy came from was probably not strong enough.

After all, if the Fairy Tail of Lucy's world were as powerful as the Fairy Tail of this world, Lucy would never have been forced to the point of using the Eclipse Gate to seek help from other parallel worlds merely because of ten thousand dragons.

"Mm..."

"The Fairy Tail of the world I come from is not strong enough to deal with ten thousand dragons."

"Everyone risked their lives just to send me to this world."

Lucy honestly answered Layla.

Lucy's words were filled with desolation and loneliness. Clearly, while answering Layla's question, she had also recalled some unpleasant scenes...

"Rest assured, Lucy..."

"Although I don't know how strong the Fairy Tail of your world is! But I can responsibly tell you that the Fairy Tail of this world is stronger than ever before..."

After hearing Lucy's words, Layla's heart ached. At the same time, she walked in front of Lucy and gently stroked Lucy's head.

"Mm."

After hearing Layla's words, Lucy gently nodded before saying nothing more.

It was precisely at this moment that a maid of the Heartfilia family walked over to the dining table where Lucy was sitting, carrying food.

Even for the incredibly wealthy Heartfilia family, the food in the morning was extremely simple...

Just two pieces of toast fried until golden brown, eggs, and two pieces of bacon. It looked incredibly ordinary and completely unlike what a top-level noble family should be eating in the morning. However, the fact was that the Heartfilia family's breakfast was simply this basic, and it had always been this way... Even Jude, who was currently working hard in the study, had an even simpler and more casual breakfast: merely a highly nutritious, yet extremely unappetizing, multifunctional nutritional paste.

Of course, although the Heartfilia breakfast was not particularly lavish, and was even exceptionally simple, it was still quite flavorful, and Lucy actually became somewhat hungry just looking at it.

"..."

Thus, Lucy picked up her knife and fork and began devouring the morning meal.

It seemed that Lucy had not used a knife and fork to eat breakfast for a long time. Her slender jade-like hands looked somewhat clumsy...

To be honest, Lucy would only use a knife and fork to eat these things when she was at the Heartfilia family's long dining table. If she were outside, she would simply use her hands, taking the bread, fried eggs, and bacon in front of her, finding some tomatoes and lettuce, making a sandwich, and then grabbing it with her hands to eat.

However, since she was at the Heartfilia family estate, for the sake of elegance and maintaining the aura of a noble lady, Lucy still maintained the proper demeanor of a noble young lady, slowly eating the food in front of her in small bites.

"I'm done~"

Before long, Lucy had devoured all the food on her plate. She casually placed the knife and fork beside her, picked up her napkin and gently wiped her bright red lips, then smiled slightly at Layla, indicating that she had finished breakfast.

"Without further ado, let's set off!"

In response, Layla, who had been watching Lucy devour her food with great interest, smiled at Lucy after hearing her declaration that she was full and spoke.

"Mm..."

"Then am I taking the train back to Magnolia Town?!"

Lucy gently nodded at Layla, then stood up from her seat while asking Layla in confusion.

Because Layla had said they were going to Fairy Tail, Lucy naturally assumed that it was the Fairy Tail in Magnolia.

"Train? That kind of thing can't reach the place we want to go..."

After hearing Lucy's words, Layla vigorously shook her head.

"Eh?!"

Upon hearing this, Lucy was momentarily stunned. She did not quite understand what Layla meant. What did she mean by saying that a train could not reach the place they wanted to go?! If even a train could not get there, then how were they going to go? Surely they could not possibly fly there from the sky?!

"Originally, I planned to use our family's private flying vehicle to fly over there!"

Just as Lucy was imagining things, Layla's voice slowly sounded beside Lucy's ears.

"Eh?! Mother, are you really planning to fly there with me?!"

"And we have private flying vehicles too? Does our family even have that kind of thing?"

After hearing Layla's words, the energy of Lucy's inner complaints roared. In the end, Lucy could no longer hold back and continuously complained to Layla.

Before Lucy could finish venting all the complaints in her heart and thoroughly enjoy herself, Layla took Lucy's hand, smiled, and continued speaking: "But after calculating the time, even using our family's fastest private flying vehicle and traveling at full speed, it would still take about a week to fly there. That's simply too slow, so I discussed it with Evan, and we ultimately decided to use a teleportation gate to go there."

"A teleportation gate?!"

"I still understand the speed of flying vehicles. If there is a place that requires a flying vehicle to travel at full speed for an entire week, exactly what level of teleportation gate would be needed to send us there directly?!"

Lucy was stunned once again. Lucy could at least be considered someone with common sense. She had some understanding of teleportation magic and the speed of flying vehicles.

"It's only tens of thousands of kilometers! Not too far..."

"After all, Evan and the others aren't on the continent of Ishgar, but on the Northern Continent~"

After hearing Lucy's question, Layla gently stroked Lucy's little head and spoke softly.

"You said, a teleportation gate spanning tens of thousands of kilometers?!"

"A continent-spanning teleportation gate? Is there really a Mage capable of sustaining the enormous amount of magic power required for a continent-spanning teleportation gate?"

Lucy's eyes widened, her expression filled with astonishment.

"Buzz!"

Just as Lucy was displaying an expression as though she had never heard of a teleportation gate spanning tens of thousands of kilometers before, a blue teleportation gate appeared inside the Heartfilia family estate's main hall just like that.

Yes, while Lucy was still shocked, this teleportation gate had already come on its own to stand in front of Lucy and Layla, waiting for the two of them to pass through.

"Let's go~"

Layla looked at the teleportation gate before her with a faint smile. She turned around, took Lucy's hand, and walked straight toward the teleportation gate.

"Hmm?"

At this moment, Lucy was numb. She no longer knew what words she could use to describe her current feelings.

"Lucy, you don't need to be so surprised..."

"You have to understand, you've already seen a magic like the Eclipse Gate that can transmit through time and cross into other parallel universes. What's so shocking about a mere teleportation gate spanning tens of thousands of kilometers?!"

Layla pulled Lucy forward while gently trying to persuade her.

"No, this thing..."

"Although the Eclipse Gate, which can traverse time and parallel universes, is more complicated and exquisite, it is ultimately an object. Even when I learned that there was actually a gate in this world that could travel through time, I was merely amazed that such a miraculous treasure existed in this world!"

"Besides, the magic power required to activate the Eclipse Gate is supplied by the Eclipse Gate itself. What we need to provide is merely the magic power to open the gate. But the continent-spanning teleportation gate before us is genuine magic cast by a Mage, so there is still a subtle difference between the two..."

"Simply put, the teleportation gate before us gives people a more direct shock. The Eclipse Gate, on the other hand, is so advanced that it makes people overlook its complexity, treating it as something similar to a miracle, a mystical treasure, or something of that sort."

After hearing Layla's words, Lucy seriously answered.

"Is that so?!"

Layla had not expected that her casual question would actually make Lucy so excited. She slightly opened her mouth, hesitated several times, and ultimately said nothing.

For a moment, both mother and daughter fell silent...

At this moment, Layla also pulled Lucy into the teleportation gate in the hall.

"Buzz!"

Layla and Lucy passed through the teleportation gate and arrived in an empty hall.

From the layout of the hall, which felt somewhat familiar to Lucy, she could determine that she and Layla had arrived at the Fairy Tail Guild, or rather, a place similar to the Fairy Tail Guild.

"Mrs. Layla, long time no see..."

"This is the Lucy from another universe, right?!"

Just as Layla and Lucy stood in the hall, somewhat confused, a young man with short brownish-red hair walked down the stairs from the second floor of the hall and approached Layla and Lucy.

"Evan..."

Layla looked at the person approaching with a smile on her face. She pulled Lucy and walked straight toward him.

"Lucy, let me introduce you. This is Evan Belserion, the strongest Dragon Slayer Mage in the Fairy Tail Guild, and even in the entire world of Earth-land."

Layla pulled Lucy in front of her and introduced Evan's identity to her.

"Evan Belserion?!"

Lucy's expression was somewhat bewildered. In the universe she came from, there was no one named Evan in the Fairy Tail Guild she belonged to. Lucy could be certain that the Evan before her was a special existence.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Lucy from another universe~"

Just as Lucy was confused, Evan smiled slightly at her, counting it as a greeting.

"Hello, Mr. Evan."

Lucy was also a polite person. After hearing Evan's words, she repeatedly nodded at Evan in greeting.

"Mm..."

In response, Evan merely looked Future Lucy up and down before saying nothing more.

"Mrs. Layla, Lucy from another universe, let's go upstairs and talk!"

As Evan spoke, he turned around and walked toward the second floor of the Fairy Tail Guild, leading Lucy and Layla.

"Mm!"

In response, Layla and Lucy looked at each other before following closely behind Evan.

Just like that, the three of them climbed the stairs to the second floor of the Fairy Tail Guild, all the way up, arriving at the reception room on the third floor of the Fairy Tail Guild.

At this moment, people in the reception room were constantly arguing. The main people arguing were precisely Selene, Acnologia, and Ignia.

As for Irene and August, the two of them were sitting far away from the three dragons, Ignia, Selene, and Acnologia, flipping through books, looking as though they had no desire to compete with the world. It seemed that neither Irene nor August was particularly interested in exterminating those ten thousand dragons.

"Ignia, I advise you not to argue with me. If what Evan said is true, and there really are ten thousand dragons in another world waiting for us to kill! Then I, Acnologia, will take responsibility for this commission!"

"Just as well, I haven't bathed in dragon blood for a long time! I shall use the blood of ten thousand dragons to wash this body of mine that was cursed by Igneel. Only the blood of the Flame Dragon can wash away the Flame Dragon's curse!"

When Acnologia heard that there were ten thousand dragons rampaging through another universe, he immediately became interested. He intended to reenact the Dragon King Festival. He would bathe in the blood of those ten thousand dragons, sit atop a mountain formed from piles of dragon corpses, sit upon a throne forged from countless dragon bones, and once again be crowned king! At the same time, Acnologia also intended to use the power of those ten thousand dragons to restore his own strength to its peak.

"Stop joking around! Those ten thousand dragons are mine!"

"You've already been crowned Dragon King once. This Dragon King Festival should belong to me!"

"I will beat down all the dragons and officially take over my old man's position, becoming the Flame Dragon King!"

Ignia naturally would not give this good opportunity to Acnologia. What a joke, if he missed such a good opportunity to become king, it might be once in a lifetime!

To put it simply, it was all Acnologia's fault. Four hundred years ago, he had nearly exterminated all the dragons, causing dragons to become an endangered protected species today. There were not even enough dragons to hold a Dragon King Festival!

One must understand that the Dragon King Festival, as the most important ceremony of the dragon race, was generally attended by the entire race. Even if some dragons were afraid of getting injured and did not intend to participate, there should at the very least be several hundred or even a thousand dragons before it could be called a Dragon King Festival, right?!

However, the tragedy was that even after searching the entire world of Earth-land today, it was difficult to find even a hundred dragons...

"Hey, hey, hey! What right do you two have to talk nonsense here?!"

"If you ask me, this great opportunity to become king should be given to me instead!"

"There is a lack of a Queen among the history of our dragon race~"

Just as Ignia and Acnologia confronted each other, Selene gently swept back her beautiful hair, then spoke excitedly to Ignia and Acnologia.

Selene could also be considered well-read. She had once seen that several peerless Queen's had been born in the world of Earth-land! Yet such a thing had never appeared in the history of their dragon race. Now that the opportunity had come, how could Selene possibly hand the opportunity she had obtained over to someone else?!

"You..."

"You bastard, do you want to fight?!"

"The Dragon King Festival belongs to me!"

"Damn it, don't copy what I say..."

As Selene's voice fell, Ignia, Acnologia, and Selene seemed to have a spiritual connection. Almost simultaneously, they spoke in unison.

"Uh..."

On the other side, Lucy was currently hiding behind Layla and Evan, trembling in fear. She had just gone upstairs and heard such an intense argument, making her somewhat frightened.

"Everyone, I've brought you the employer!"

"This is Lucy from another universe!"

"That is, the universe where this Lucy comes from is currently being tormented by ten thousand dragons! She needs our help..."

Seeing that Selene, Ignia, and Acnologia's struggle was becoming increasingly intense, Evan pulled Lucy to stand in front of everyone and introduced Lucy's identity to them.

"Huh? You're the one who issued the mission?"

As Evan's voice sounded, Ignia, Selene, and Acnologia, who had still been arguing moments ago, all stopped. They turned and looked toward Future Lucy.

"Uh..."

As the gazes of Ignia, Selene, and Acnologia landed on Future Lucy, Future Lucy's heart immediately trembled. For an instant, it was as though the three humans before her had transformed into three ferocious, roaring dragons dozens of meters long, baring their fangs and claws at her while displaying their might.

"Uh..."

Feeling the auras of Acnologia, Selene, and Ignia, a trace of panic flashed across Lucy's expression. She hurriedly retreated several steps before barely stopping, while a guess about the identities of Acnologia and the others formed in Lucy's heart.

"Not human!"

With merely this one glance, Lucy confirmed that Acnologia, Selene, and Ignia were not human.

"Not much to look at, huh?!"

"Although she's quite curvy, she isn't seductive enough~"

Selene's beautiful fox-like eyes wantonly sized Lucy up. Afterward, she lost interest. Although Lucy's figure was indeed quite good, Lucy lacked a certain temperament, a kind of aura capable of attracting men!

Therefore, Selene quickly lost interest in Lucy. In her view, Lucy did not pose any threat to her.

"Feels like I could swallow her in one bite. Too tender!"

Ignia evaluated Lucy like this. In his view, Lucy was simply too soft and tender.

"Too weak!"

Compared to Selene and Ignia, Acnologia's answer was much simpler. He merely glanced at Lucy before completely losing interest.

"Uh..." As for Lucy, after hearing the words of Ignia, Selene, and Acnologia, the corner of her eye twitched slightly as she complained inwardly: "Not seductive enough, too tender, and too weak. I'm really sorry to you three for being this way!"

"In short, Selene, Ignia, and Acnologia, it's not the three of you choosing Lucy. It's Lucy choosing among the three of you. Please remember this point. After all, Lucy is the client who issued the mission..."

After hearing the evaluations of Lucy from Ignia, Selene, and Acnologia, Evan helplessly spoke.

"Tch..."

"Why should we listen to some little girl?!"

"Exactly, exactly..."

As Evan's voice fell, Ignia, Selene, and Acnologia immediately became displeased. Of course, no matter how displeased they were, they only muttered quietly.

"Alright, Lucy! You decide who you want to complete your commission!"

After Evan confirmed that everyone, although muttering quietly, had more or less accepted Future Lucy's identity as the client, he stopped wasting words with Acnologia and the others. Evan directly patted Future Lucy on the shoulder, encouraging her while indicating that Lucy should choose the person she favored to help her complete the commission.

"Mm!"

After receiving Evan's encouragement, Future Lucy stood in front of Ignia, Selene, and Acnologia, quietly waiting for Ignia, Selene, and Acnologia to sell themselves.

"Then I'll go first!"

"Woman, if you don't entrust the mission to me, I'll swallow you whole!"

"Ke ke ke! Woman, you don't want to be eaten by me and then never see your companions again, do you?! If you still intend to return to your universe, you'd better behave yourself, otherwise..."

Ignia chose to communicate with Future Lucy first. As soon as he began, he gave Future Lucy a naked threat.

"Smack~"

Just as Ignia was happily threatening Lucy, Evan came before Ignia and punched Ignia in the head.

"That hurts!"

Ignia's speech was forcibly interrupted by Evan.

"Lucy, do you think he'll do?"

After interrupting Ignia's speech, Evan looked at Lucy behind him and asked.

"So scary!"

"This guy is eliminated! Absolutely not!"

"I can't ask someone who eats people to help me exterminate the dragons!"

After hearing Evan's words, Lucy immediately crossed her arms in front of her chest, forming an X, and continuously shook her head.

Lucy still had some sense. She knew that she could not, just to deal with a group of little brats, invite the leader of those little brats over...

It would be easy to invite a god but difficult to send one away. Ignia was already this arrogant and overbearing now! Who knew what he would be like after arriving in the world Lucy came from?!

"You're eliminated... Next!"

After hearing Lucy's words, Evan patted Ignia on the shoulder and looked toward Selene beside Ignia.

"Hehe~"

"I remember your name is Lucy, right?!"

"Lucy, my name is Selene. I am the woman known as the 'Moon Dragon'! I am also the mistress of the world of Elentear~"

"Lucy, as long as you give me the commission to exterminate the dragons, how about I give you a hundred handsome male consorts?"

"I guarantee that every handsome male consort, every gigolo, I give you will be 1.8 meters tall, have eight-pack abs, have absolutely abundant stamina, and possess an excellent physique~"

"I guarantee that every day of your future will be carefree and enjoyable. Wouldn't that be wonderful?!"

Selene looked at Lucy, a trace of contempt in her eyes. She could tell at a glance that Lucy was an inexperienced little girl. Selene had seen plenty of girls like this. Handling them was simply too easy for her. Selene believed that there was no girl in this world who could withstand an assault by the beautiful male consorts produced by Black Night Mountain.

"Uh..."

When Lucy heard Selene's incredibly explicit words, which did not hide anything at all, her pretty face was already bright red. She felt as though her face was burning, while Lucy's heart was continuously pounding, 'thump, thump.'

Lucy liked handsome men too~

"Is, is that so?"

"As long as I give the commission to you, I can get a hundred gigolos?!"

After hearing Selene's words, Lucy could not help asking.

"Of course~"

Upon hearing this, Selene smiled slightly at Lucy.

"But I refuse!"

Just as Selene thought she had Lucy completely in the palm of her hand, Lucy's expression changed, and she directly rejected Selene.

"Is that so? You still chose me? Hehe, this really is a wise choice. I knew you would choose me..." After hearing Lucy's words, the corners of Selene's lips slightly curled upward, revealing a beautiful arc. However, before long, Selene realized what Lucy had said. She looked at Lucy in astonishment and disbelief, saying, "Wait, what did you say? You said you refuse?! Are you kidding me? Those are a hundred male consorts! If a hundred aren't enough, I can give you more. I'll add another hundred!"

"No, it has nothing to do with the number of male consorts..."

"I, Lucy Heartfilia, love doing one thing more than anything else: saying 'no' to those self-important people!"

Future Lucy raised her chin and coldly spoke to Selene.

"This girl! She's getting on my nerves!"

Upon hearing this, Selene lightly bit her sexy, pink lips and glared angrily at Future Lucy.

"Alright, Selene, you're eliminated too..."

Before Selene could say anything more, Evan stuck a small piece of paper with the words "Eliminated" written on it onto Selene's head.

"Waaah waaah~"

"Evan~"

"Look, this girl looks down on me~"

When Selene saw Evan walking over to her, she immediately changed her attitude, becoming coquettish and overly seductive as she spoke sweetly to Evan.

"So disgusting~"

Hearing Selene's coy voice, Lucy could not help shivering.

"Then next, let's welcome the final speaker!"

As Evan spoke, he looked toward Acnologia, who had remained silent all this time.

"You're called Lucy, right?!"

"I heard that the world you come from was conquered by ten thousand dragons?!"

"Can you tell me about it in detail?"

Compared with Ignia and Selene, Acnologia looked far more normal. He first asked Lucy questions in order to understand the situation in that world.

"In the world I come from, on the final day of the Grand Magic Games in X791, the Eclipse Gate was opened..."

"The current timeline became completely connected to the timeline from four hundred years ago. The dragons that had already disappeared from the stage of human history once again returned to this world! A full ten thousand dragons brought unimaginable destruction to the world! At first, none of us paid any attention to it, but by the time we came to our senses, we could no longer stop the disaster from happening. Those ten thousand dragons were unstoppable, completely shattering the pride of all the Mages within the Kingdom of Fiore and constantly trampling them..."

Future Lucy told Acnologia about the situation in her world.

"I understand..."

Upon hearing this, Acnologia gently nodded, indicating that he understood.

"In other words, those ten thousand dragons did not appear out of thin air, but came from four hundred years ago, right?!"

Acnologia once again asked Future Lucy.

"Yes, yes, that's what happened..."

Upon hearing this, Lucy was initially stunned before vigorously nodding.

"Haha..."

"So, Lucy, what you actually care about isn't who accepts your commission, but who can truly complete your commission, right?!"

After hearing Lucy's words, Acnologia smiled again.

"Uh..."

Lucy was stunned for a moment before her eyes suddenly lit up. She had finally found someone who truly understood what she was thinking.

"Then, in order to save the world you come from, in order to successfully exterminate those ten thousand dragons! Lucy, you can only choose me to help you complete the commission..."

"If you ask why! If I tell you that four hundred years ago, I once exterminated them, will you believe me?"

At this moment, Acnologia was already certain of victory.

"What?!"

This time, Lucy was completely stunned. She did not understand what Acnologia meant.

'I am! The Wing of the End, the last Dragon King of the dragon race, Acnologia!'

"I am the sole victor of the Dragon King Festival four hundred years ago! The existence that exterminated all the dragons in this world four hundred years ago..."

"Those dragons invading your world are, in my eyes, nothing more than a group of defeated foes, a bunch of rats that are merely tearing down their standards and selling their heads! Four hundred years ago, I could defeat them and slaughter every last one of them. Four hundred years later, I still can!"

Acnologia arrogantly spoke to Lucy.

However, Acnologia had the capital to be arrogant, simply because everything he said was the truth!

"You're Acnologia?!"

Only at this moment did Lucy finally recognize Acnologia's identity. For a moment, the image of Acnologia attacking Tenrou Island, a scene in which he had been virtually invincible, appeared in her mind. He was the monster that even the combined power of conviction from all the S-Class Mages of Fairy Tail had been unable to defeat.

"That's right! I am the only Dragon King in this world, Acnologia!!"

After hearing Lucy's words, Acnologia let out a great roar. His body instantly changed. In the blink of an eye, scales and feathers grew across Acnologia's body. Strange black magical fluctuations radiated from his entire body. In almost the blink of an eye, Acnologia transformed from his human appearance into a pitch-black giant dragon! Only, this dragon possessed a pair of pitch-black demonic wings that did not belong to a dragon.

"Uh..."

At this moment, Lucy, facing Acnologia directly, already felt her legs going weak. Only after truly seeing Acnologia could one understand just how powerful the monster before her was.

"Oh, oh! Is it time to show off our strength?"

Just as Acnologia transformed into a dragon and completely crushed the third floor of the guild, destroying countless pieces of wood in the guild, Ignia and Selene suddenly became excited, then also began transforming.

"Roar!!"

Lucy heard two dragon roars beside her ears. The next second, the upper bodies of the young man who was bare-chested and looked like a street thug, and the woman wearing only a bath towel, whose entire body exuded endless seductive charm, both underwent transformations! Dragon scales grew across their skin, their bodies expanded and became enormous, and their teeth became sharp and pointed...

In an instant, a crimson giant dragon that radiated terrifying heat like molten lava, as well as a golden-faced nine-tailed fox with nine beautiful snow-white tails, resembling a beautiful Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, appeared inside the hall of the Fairy Tail Guild.

With the appearance of the three giant dragons, the entire Fairy Tail Guild directly transformed into endless ruins!

"Roar!!"

At the same time, endless dragon roars continuously echoed throughout the enormous Fairy Tail Town.

"Now is the strength demonstration segment!"

Selene roared. The sky suddenly transformed directly into night, and a bright and beautiful golden full moon hung in the sky, its gentle moonlight caressing everyone's hearts.

"It became dark?!"

Future Lucy looked at the scene before her in great shock. Everything before her was so beautiful and peaceful. Yet, Lucy did not know if it was merely her imagination, but she felt that the moon was getting closer and closer to them.

"No! This isn't an illusion. The moon is falling!"

Lucy raised her head and stared at the moon falling toward the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye, her eyes widening.

"Roar!!"

Immediately afterward, another dragon roar rang out. A great sun suddenly appeared in the sky, and endless sunlight directly dispersed the darkness. In the end, it hung in the sky together with the moon. For a moment, half of the enormous town was daytime, with a brilliant golden sun hanging in the sky, while the other half was night, with a full moon hanging overhead.

For a moment, the great sun and the full moon stood opposed to each other in the sky!

"Break for me!!"

On the other side, Acnologia, who was missing an arm, also flew into the sky. Suddenly, his body was like a black hole, generating a tremendous gravitational force toward the surroundings, turning the great sun and full moon in the sky into magic power and absorbing them toward himself!

For a moment, daytime and the sun, an unimaginably pitch-black hole that could not be observed with the naked eye, and night and the full moon stood opposed to one another in the sky above the town! For a moment, neither side could do anything to the other.

"Ah..."

At this moment, Lucy's eyes were already wide open. She no longer knew how to describe everything she was seeing.

Compared with the scene before her, those ten thousand dragons were simply insignificant.

"But isn't this going a little too far?"

At this moment, as Lucy gazed at a spectacle she had never seen in her entire life, there was only one question in her heart: the Fairy Tail of this world was a little too ridiculously powerful, wasn't it?