Fairy Tail: Collapsing Stars

Chapter 504: You Guys, Stop Fighting! This Is Going Nowhere!

"This woman, is she my—no, is this woman the mother of my alternate-world self, Erza Belserion?! She looks so gentle..."

Erza Scarlet looked at the charming woman who had suddenly appeared behind Selene. She had the exact same crimson-red long hair as her, an even more impressive figure than hers, and a face that was nine-tenths similar to her own. Her heart stirred.

At this moment, Erza Scarlet knew very clearly that the woman who had appeared instantly while carrying a wave of temporal-spatial fluctuations was none other than the mother of her alternate-world counterpart, Erza Belserion.

"Mother?!"

"I wonder if my mother is also as beautiful as Erza Belserion's mother!"

Erza Scarlet looked at Irene Belserion, unable to stop herself from fantasizing in her heart.

For a moment, Erza Scarlet actually began to look forward to what it would be like to meet her own mother.

Erza Scarlet looked forward to the moment when she could meet her mother in this world...

Of course, although Erza Scarlet was fantasizing like this, she roughly understood in her heart that perhaps her mother in this world had already died...

Otherwise, she definitely would not have let her grow up all alone.

Thinking of this, a trace of sadness actually flashed across Erza Scarlet's expression.

"Boom!"

It was also at the moment when Erza Scarlet lightly bit her thin lips and drove all the wild thoughts in her mind out of her head that Selene and Irene, who had been confronting each other all this time, moved.

Irene seemed very angry. The instant she made her move, she directly entered Human-Beast Mode.

Only to see flame clouds, resembling the ribbons floating around heavenly fairies, winding around Irene. Dragon scales appeared on her body, while her limbs appeared even more slender.

"You're serious?!"

Selene looked at Irene, who had suddenly entered her Human-Beast form, and was slightly stunned.

To be honest, Selene had only intended to fool around a little...

"Of course!"

After hearing Selene's words, Irene revealed an incredibly beautiful smile. Then she took out her weapon, a spiked club extremely similar to the weapon Evan used. Yes, Irene's weapon was also made from Acnologia's teeth, a weapon specifically created to deal with dragons...

"Uh..."

Selene looked at the spiked club in Irene's hand, her expression slightly stunned, while a trace of panic flashed in the depths of her eyes.

"Thunder Bagua!"

Irene naturally saw the panic in Selene's eyes. In response, she merely smiled lightly, and then Irene's magic power and Haki were immediately infused into the spiked club in her hand!

The originally ordinary-looking spiked club immediately became wrapped in pitch-black lightning, as well as the magic power of a Dragon Slayer Mage...

"Boom!"

Immediately afterward, accompanied by a sound of something tearing through the air, Irene's spiked club was swung out, burning a crimson-red path of attack through the air before heavily landing on Selene's cheek.

"Bang!"

Almost the instant the spiked club touched Selene, Selene was sent flying!

Her body turned into a blur, directly breaking through the ceiling of the Fairy Tail Guild!

"Erza, you two wait here for a moment. Whatever you do, don't move! I'll be right back."

After knocking Selene away with a single swing of her club, Irene softly spoke to the Erzas from the two worlds.

"Okay!"

No one knew why, but the instant Irene finished speaking, whether it was Erza Belserion or Erza Scarlet, both straightened their bodies like soldiers and saluted Irene as they answered.

"Good girls~"

In response, Irene merely smiled lightly.

Although both Erza Scarlet and Erza Belserion had the title of Titania in the Fairy Tail Guild and were genuine domineering characters, when the two encountered Irene, the true queen, unfortunately, they could at most be considered princesses.

Erza and Irene were still far too different in terms of aura. Perhaps Erza would only be able to catch up to the current Irene after another hundred years?!

"Selene, let me properly tell you!"

"With someone like you, do you think you deserve to be a member of our Belserion family?!"

"Don't make me laugh..."

As Irene spoke, she swung the spiked club in her hand, breaking through the air as she charged toward Selene.

"Boom!!"

For a moment, endless explosions rang out over the town of Magnolia outside the Fairy Tail Guild, accompanied by flashes of lightning and peals of thunder!

"So powerful..."

"Even the entire Fairy Tail combined would be unable to defeat her. She is completely on another level."

In response, Erza Scarlet gave Irene, the mother of Erza in her alternate world, extremely high praise.

"That's only natural~"

Erza Belserion smiled lightly after hearing Erza Scarlet's muttering.

That was Irene Belserion, her great mother, Her Majesty the Queen of the Dragon Kingdom four hundred years ago, the founder of Dragon Slayer Magic, the Mother of Dragon Slayer Magic! For such a great person to possess this level of strength, wasn't that perfectly normal?!

"Phew..."

In response, Erza Scarlet merely let out a long breath.

"Erza... Belserion!"

"Can you spar with me? To be honest, I am also somewhat curious about the power of your world."

Erza Scarlet looked at Erza Belserion beside her and could not help proposing this.

To be honest, Erza Scarlet could faintly feel that Erza Belserion's strength was above hers, but even so, Erza Scarlet was still very curious. She wanted to know exactly how large the gap between herself and Erza Belserion was.

"Sure!"

"If you don't mind being killed in one move by me?"

After hearing Erza Scarlet's words, Erza Belserion smiled lightly and then drew the ordinary-looking knight sword she had sheathed at her waist.

"Killed in one move?!"

"If that's possible, then let's give it a try! Requip!"

After hearing Erza Belserion's words, Erza Scarlet was stunned at first, and then her handsome face immediately turned cold. At the same time, Scarlet activated the magic she was most skilled at, Requip Magic!

"Black Wing Armor!"

With Erza Scarlet's soft chant, a pitch-black set of armor, resembling a bat, appeared over her body.

"Black Wing Armor can increase my speed and strength, and can nearly enhance my overall strength by an entire level. Be careful."

After putting on the Black Wing Armor, Erza Scarlet held a knight sword with both hands and softly reminded Erza Belserion.

"Okay~"

After hearing Scarlet's warning, Erza Belserion had a trace of gentle laughter at the corner of her lips, still holding a knight sword in her hand.

"Erza Belserion! You can use Requip Magic!"

Erza Scarlet was somewhat dissatisfied with Erza Belserion's posture, which showed no intention of fighting.

"No need to Requip. Just like this is enough for me~"

However, after hearing Erza Scarlet's words, Erza Belserion merely smiled lightly. She continued to maintain her appearance of holding an ordinary knight sword in her hand.

"What?!"

After hearing Erza Belserion's words, Erza Scarlet's expression changed drastically, while a trace of anger suddenly arose deep within her heart.

"Are you looking down on me, Belserion?!"

Erza Scarlet's expression gradually became cold.

"No! I have no intention of looking down on you at all. I just want to tell you a fact. To deal with you, this ordinary knight sword is enough~"

However, after Scarlet finished speaking, Erza Belserion calmly said to Scarlet,

"You..."

"Fine! I want to see how you're going to defeat me with that ordinary practice knight sword in your hand, one that hasn't even been sharpened?!"

The instant Scarlet finished speaking, a faint afterimage flashed through the air. Then she raised the knight sword in her hand and fiercely slashed toward Erza Belserion.

"Hehe~"

Erza Belserion knew that her counterpart in this world had been angered by what she had just said. However, Erza Belserion did not care in the slightest. First, what she said was the truth. She really could defeat Erza Scarlet with only the knight sword in her hand. Second, Erza Belserion had deliberately provoked Erza Scarlet. A true knight, if she could be angered by such a lowly tactic during battle, then that meant this knight was actually not yet qualified.

"Boom!"

For a moment, Erza Scarlet and Erza Belserion became locked in a fierce fight.

On the other side...

The Natsus from the two worlds were not idle either. At this moment, they were also fighting each other fiercely.

"Iron Fist of the Fire Dragon!"

First, it was this world's Natsu. His body was wrapped in flames as he punched toward the Natsu of Evan's world.

"Inhale~"

However, Natsu was surprised to discover that before the flames on his iron fist could even reach the Natsu of Evan's world, they were all eaten into his stomach in a single breath by the Natsu of Evan's world.

"Ah! Once I'm full, my strength comes surging out~"

The Natsu of Evan's world said this as he took a deep breath and then assumed a roaring posture toward this world's Natsu.

"Roar of the Flame Dragon!"

At this moment, Natsu, who had already been upgraded, directly spat endless blazing flames toward the Natsu of this world.

"Boom!!"

As the Natsu of Evan's world opened his mouth, countless tables and chairs inside the Fairy Tail Guild were directly burned to ashes by Natsu's flames. Even half of the Fairy Tail Guild's wall was instantly pierced through and carbonized.

"Ahahahaha..."

"Did you taste it? This is the power contained within my flames!"

"It's completely on a different level from your flames~"

After releasing that astonishingly powerful Roar, the Natsu of Evan's world put his hands on his hips and laughed loudly.

At this moment, Natsu kept thinking in his heart: 'As expected of me! The power of that Roar just now was already on par with those Flame Dragons I encountered before! After seeing such enormous flames, the Natsu of this world must have been scared silly! Hahaha..."

Although Natsu did not know whether this world's Natsu had been frightened, the Mages inside the Fairy Tail Guild were indeed shocked by Natsu's flames.

"That's a magic Natsu can release?!"

"Seriously?!"

"This power is not inferior to the Roars released by the dragons we encountered before, right?!"

"Is he Natsu from another world?"

"Haha, the Mages of Fairy Tail from another world are all a bunch of monsters!"

The Mages of this world's Fairy Tail Guild were all shocked as they spoke after being drawn to Natsu's Roar.

"Hey, hey, hey! What was that attack just now?!"

"He's practically even stronger than Gildarts from our world..."

"Natsu from another world actually has this level of magic power?"

"No, more accurately, if even Natsu has reached this level, then what kind of strength do the alternate-world counterparts of the other members of our Fairy Tail Guild possess?!"

Just as the Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild were collectively shocked by Natsu's strength, Makarov, as the Third Guild Master of Fairy Tail, was shocked by Natsu's strength while also thinking of more things.

Of course, that wasn't the most important thing. The most important thing was...

"This is everyone's guild! You little brats, go easy on it!"

"Ah, no good, my heart hurts. My heart disease is acting up!"

Because this world's Fairy Tail Guild did not have Ultear's addition, nor did it have the sponsorship of the old King Thomas of the Kingdom of Fiore, the cost of repairing the guild all had to come out of Makarov's own pocket. This caused Makarov's heart to keep contracting with waves of excruciating pain.

"It's over~"

The Natsu of Evan's world looked at the ruins he had blasted out with a single Roar and helplessly shook his head. There was nothing he could do; his strength was simply this powerful!

Although he and the person opposite him were both called Natsu, unfortunately, the gap between Natsu and Natsu was often even greater than the gap between humans and dragons! And the Natsu of Evan's world was the most powerful Natsu in the entire multiverse.

"Inhale~"

Just as the Natsu of Evan's world believed that he had already won, a berserk figure beneath the ruins began absorbing the flames that were gradually spreading around it.

"Gurgle~"

In less than a moment, that figure emerged from the ruins, while the surrounding flames were all eaten into its stomach by that berserk figure.

"Ah! What did you say just now? Right, once you eat it, all your strength comes surging out!"

"Now I feel like I can beat ten of the me from before! This magic power is really too helpful!"

"Then it's time to decide the winner~"

This world's Natsu released endless high temperatures from his entire body and walked toward the Natsu of Evan's world like a demon god.

"Interesting~"

How could the Natsu of Evan's world possibly be afraid of this level of provocation? Endless waves of heat immediately erupted from within his body as well.

For a moment, the two red-hot figures, resembling Flame Demons, walked toward each other step by step.

"You two, calm down!"

"You two, stop fighting! If you keep fighting like this, you won't die...you won't be able to determine a winner!"

Just as the two Natsus, who looked like demon gods, were about to continue releasing flames at each other, Lucy, who had not spoken all this time, spoke up, and both Lucys spoke at the same time.

"Huh?!"

With Lucy's appearance, the two Natsus suddenly stopped their movements. They both looked doubtfully at the Lucy of their respective worlds, their eyes seemingly asking Lucy, "I'm about to take down that bastard opposite me, so why did you suddenly tell me to stop?!"

"Natsu, there's something I don't know whether you understand, but I still have to tell you!"

"You two are both Fire Dragon Slayer Mages, and flames cannot harm you..."

"Even if you two keep fighting like this, there absolutely won't be any result."

While the two Natsus were puzzled, Lucy transformed into a little expert at popularizing knowledge and explained the situation to the two Natsus.

"What?!"

As Lucy's voice fell, the two Natsus simultaneously revealed shocked expressions.

"You two really didn't know?!"

In response, the Lucys from the two worlds simultaneously complained.

"Use your brains a little!"

"Although you are Natsus from different worlds, you were both raised by Igneel!"

"In other words, you are both Fire Dragons!"

At this moment, the Lucys from the two worlds unleashed their complaining power to the maximum, continuously complaining at the Natsus from the two worlds.

"Aye!"

After hearing Lucy's words, the Natsus from the two worlds seemed to have transformed into Happy, continuously nodding their heads.

"What do you two mean, 'Aye'?!"

In response, the Lucys from the two worlds shouted speechlessly.

"I didn't expect you to be pretty smart, Lucy!"

"Yeah! Yeah!"

"But since Fire Magic is ineffective against both of us, then we can only use other moves!"

"So that's how it is..."

"Then..."

After Lucy explained the situation of the two Natsus, Natsu no longer dwelled on who was the strongest Fire Dragon Slayer Mage. After all, just as Lucy said, if the two of them used fire to fight for their entire lives, they would never be able to determine a winner.

At the same time, just after Lucy had explained the situation clearly to the two Natsus, the two Natsus simultaneously used other magic...

"Lightning Flame Dragon Mode!"

"Armament Haki!"

One of them became wrapped in golden-yellow lightning, while the other's body became wrapped in pitch-black energy!

Immediately afterward, after the two Natsus simultaneously used magic that did not belong to flames, the two of them smiled slightly at the same time. In the next second, the battle continued!