The End, the Consequences

After saying this calmly, Chiba immediately conjured Demon Flash in his palm and struck Bolunte's chest.

The latter, of course, would not sit idly by and wait to die. His magic power erupted, all the blackness gathered, and then exploded, spreading throughout his entire body.

Immediately afterwards, his entire body began to swell, breaking free from the trees' restraints. In the sea of trees, a huge, ugly black giant slowly stood up. The black giant roared to the sky, and the surrounding night sky turned into his energy, surging into his mouth.

"Still not giving up..." he muttered to himself, his Mangekyō- like pupils exploding with power.

Susanoo!

Chakra erupted, and a giant clad in Tengu armor and wielding a dark red longsword appeared above him.

"Go to hell!!"

The black giant let out a hoarse, piercing roar, and then it suddenly spewed out a thick, dark purple beam of light from its mouth, attacking Susanoo.

However, the latter cleaved the beam of light with a vertical slash, splitting it into two beams that dispersed to both sides, and then exploded with tremendous shockwaves.

"Yasaka Magatama!"

He gathered eight or nine Tomoe in his left hand and attacked the black giant's chest directly.

"Bang!!"

The Yasaka Magatama exploded in the black giant's chest, causing the giant to howl in pain, interrupting its beam attack and forcing it to stagger back several steps.

"Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!..."

A series of sounds echoed around them. Above Susanoo's head... or more precisely, above the head of the black giant that Bolunte had transformed into, seven enormous magic circles were formed, each emanating an extremely terrifying aura.

"Seven-Star Sword Formation!"

Seven giant swords slowly emerged from the magic circle, and then slammed down on the black giant below!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

A series of booming sounds echoed all around, as if the sky were collapsing and the earth was splitting. The earth shook, and the surrounding forest had been reduced to ruins by the attack of the Seven-Star Sword Formation.

In no time, the entire manor, along with the surrounding mountains, was razed to the ground.

"Thump!"

Bolunte fell from the sky and landed on the ground in front of Chiba.

"Did I... lose...?"

Bolunte spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Clang!"

Chiba drew the Heaven's Blazing Sun, walked up to him, and remained silent for a long time.

Bolunte suddenly laughed, "Are you... hesitating? Hesitating... what the consequences of killing me will be... and... you can't... completely kill... me..."

"I guess so. I was thinking about what would happen to the Magic Council, the Guild, if I killed you... And even if I killed you, you might still have a body." Chiba said softly, "But if I don't kill you, how can I explain it to Tianna? She trusted me so much, believed I could protect her, but she died in the end."

"Is it because she doesn't know magic that you wouldn't be interested in her?"

"No...?" Bolunte's lips twitched into an extremely ugly smile, "While you bear... the power..., you also need to pay... a corresponding price..."

"She wants to pay you a price? You talk like you're God..." Chiba plunged her sword into his body, magic flowing into the blade, the intense fire scorching his flesh. Chiba pulled the sword out, her expression silent, then plunged it in again, repeating this process.

"Ughhh!!"

The blade pierced his body, and flames scorched his flesh, causing his face to contort in extreme pain. He let out a hoarse roar, like the howl of a demon.

"I often dream about that day; it's like a nightmare. That guy kept stabbing Tianna's body with his sword, and I... could only lie on the ground, helplessly watching it all happen, unable to do anything... just watching like that."

Chiba seemed not to hear anything. He drew his sword, and with his other hand, he formed a magic circle. Green magic flowed into Bolunte's body, slowly healing his injuries. He then repeated the process, without the slightest hesitation or impatience, as if he were simply doing something very simple and insignificant.

Bolunte was initially able to let out hoarse cries of pain, but under Chiba's torture, the cries gradually weakened, and he eventually fainted.

However, Chiba used Genjutsu to forcefully wake him from his unconscious state.

"You tortured me... Suomeier... she... will definitely... kill that child..." Bolunte said through gritted teeth.

"Excuse me, do you really think that woman can keep us here?"

At that moment, the girl's soft voice rang out from not far away. Bolunte struggled to raise his head, and the snow-white figure came into his view.

"How could... a mere... Thought Projection... possibly..." Bolunte exclaimed in disbelief.

The person who arrived was Feiyin.

Chiba!

Behind Feiyin was Seele, who ran quickly behind Chiba with a joyful expression. She was about to hug him when she was stopped by Xi Er's voice.

"Seele, stay away from me for now." Chiba said in a deep voice, the Heaven's Blazing Sun in his hand stained with blood.

Seele paused, though Chiba's tone was calm, she could sense the deep anger hidden beneath it.

She obediently retreated to Feiyin's side and whispered, "Chiba seems so scary..."

Feiyin chuckled silently, then glanced at Bolunte and said to Chiba, "How long do you plan to torture me?"

"Until he dies..." Chiba said.

"But you're using magic to heal him..."

"It'll be fine in a moment..." His tone remained indifferent.

"..."

"Pfft!"

With the final sword plunged into his head, Chiba said calmly, "I will find your other body, and then torture you in the same way I did today, until you are completely dead."

He drew the sword, and water flowed from his palm, washing away the blood on the blade. Then, flames rose, evaporating the water, which finally returned to its sheath.

"It's over..." Chiba turned around and smiled.

He opened his arms and hugged Seele as she ran towards him.

In fact, when he was fully recovered at the Beginning of Time his use, he used almost all of his own Chakra and magic power, while Feiyin's Chakra was used by her.

That's why the two of them were able to appear safely in front of him. Even with only two layers of Chakra available, Feiyin was more than capable of easily defeating Suomeier.

"You should think about how to clean up the mess..." Feiyin crossed her arms and said calmly, "This guy was, after all, the president of the Magic Council. If you kill him like this, it wouldn't be surprising what the Magic Council will decide..."

"However, the most likely possibility is still..." Feiyin looked directly into his eyes, her voice low and deep. "Forcibly disbanding Fairy Tail!"

Chiba remained silent. The Magic Council's displeasure with Fairy Tail wasn't new, and he was well aware that many council members wanted to disband Fairy Tail. Now that he had done this, that possibility was even greater.

A storm is coming...