She's My Daughter

The boy's cold voice reached the middle-aged man's ears, who was taken aback for a moment before letting out a cold laugh.

Does this kid not know how powerful he is?

"Bite!"

A magic circle formed above his head, and the middle-aged man's aura burst forth, his figure also undergoing changes.

"Take Over Magic?" Chiba was slightly taken aback.

He then sneered and slapped the middle-aged man with the Lava Behemoth beneath him.

"Boom!"

The lava arm slammed down on him from above, and the middle-aged man immediately felt an extremely intense and tyrannical force descend from the sky. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his entire body was slammed into the mountain by the Lava Behemoth.

His brain was no longer capable of thinking.

As he had originally planned, after Take Over power, he would immediately unleash his magical pressure, causing Chiba to feel his strength and back down. If the boy still wanted to fight, he wouldn't mind letting this brat know just how terrifying his strength was as the guild master of the Shadow Skull.

But what's the situation now?

Was he filmed in the mountains?

This isn't the script we originally planned!

But when the intense heat of the magma enveloped him, he could truly feel the approach of death.

He completed the transformation to Take Over Magic, and then mobilized all his magical power to resist the high-temperature lava.

But the Lava Behemoth kept slapping the mountain below like it was playing whack-a-mole, and the constant heavy blows came from above the middle-aged man's head, causing him to spit out another mouthful of blood.

Who exactly is this kid? And what about the lava monster beneath him? When did the Shadow Skull provoke such a monster?

This level of power is probably comparable to the Ten Wizard Saints, right?

Such a young Ten Wizard Saints?

Oh My God!

Meanwhile, with the chairman acting as "bait," Labi and the Water King were relieved and began preparing to escape.

They had clearly seen that even their guild leader, with his terrifying strength, was utterly defeated and slumped into the mountainside under the attack of the Lava Behemoth. If they were to recklessly continue fighting Chiba, they would undoubtedly be doomed.

"Want to leave?"

Chiba suddenly turned around and let out a cold laugh.

With one hand forming a hand seal and palm facing forward, an incredibly thick stream of magma shot out, transforming into a gigantic lava hand that directly grabbed the python's body.

"Boom!"

They shoved the python into the crumbling mountainside, and lava enveloped both the python and the Labi, pinning them firmly to the rock.

Meanwhile, the rest of Shadow Skull had arrived.

What did they see?

The Water King, whom they usually feared, was being rubbed into the ground like an earthworm by the enormous magma arm.

Where's the president? Didn't he arrive a while ago? Where is he?

They looked around but couldn't find any trace of the chairman.

But they saw that the enormous Lava Monster on the mountaintop seemed to be constantly pounding something.

They're not stupid; if they think about it carefully, they'll probably figure it out.

A chill ran through them, and they looked at each other, speechless.

They were all wondering where this Lava Monster came from.

"Hmm... this kid's got some skills, making such a commotion!"

Just then, the old man's voice rang out from behind them.

Makarov walked over on his own, looking at the Lava Monster on the mountaintop with satisfaction. He exclaimed, "As expected of our guild's kid, he even managed to beat that Xien brat to a pulp. Not bad, not bad at all."

Xien is the name of the Shadow Skull Master.

"Lord Makarov, is that your guild's?" one of the thrones asked, his throat dry.

The old man glanced at him and said indifferently, "What? Doesn't it seem like it? Speaking of which, it was that kid who killed your guild's Rina."

Everyone was speechless.

They had certainly heard of the kid who took down Rina. They were just surprised when they heard it, and then they all sighed that Rina must have underestimated his opponent and then suffered an unexpected defeat.

After seeing Chiba's information, they found this kid quite interesting. He was only fourteen or fifteen years old, yet he possessed such formidable strength.

However, this reinforced their belief that Rina had underestimated their opponent.

Now it seems...

This kid... he's practically cheating!

Even their guild leader, Xien, whom they had to submit to, was beaten and unable to come out of the mountains. Among those present, perhaps only Makarov could rival him.

Moreover, even Makarov wouldn't suppress Xien to this extent!

Fairy Tail has managed to recruit such a terrifying monster!

They were almost in tears. If you're so strong, why did you run away when we sent troops to hunt you down? You could have just turned around and killed them. We wouldn't have "underestimated" you!

They didn't know that Chiba only in his first Partial Tailed Beast Transformation at the time, and they didn't know how powerful he would become after breaking through two layers of seals. Therefore, he wouldn't use this trump card until the very last step.

The fact that he can suppress Xien to such an extent doesn't mean he's stronger than Makarov. It's entirely because... Xien underestimated him.

If he Take Over at his fastest speed, he wouldn't have been ambushed by Chiba and slapped into the mountainside. And then... he would have remained slapped into the mountainside.

At that moment, Chiba, controlling the lava arm, pulled the python close to him.

Under relentless attacks, both the python and the Labi were on the verge of death.

Even though the Labi was beaten so badly that his body was broken and covered in wounds, there seemed to be a strange energy that was healing him.

It should be what are called core capabilities.

Chiba put down the Water King, the lava arm continued to shrink, and then grabbed Labi and pulled him in front of him.

"Heh... I never thought I'd lose to a kid like you..." The intense pain from the lava brought him back to his senses. He looked at the boy in front of him and gave a mocking smile.

Chiba stared at him coldly.

A twisted smile appeared on the Labi's face.

What are you troubled by? What are you angry about? The death of your companion?

Chiba's face darkened, and Lava clenched his fist. The latter let out a painful howl.

"It seems you've grasped a little of what pain is, but, kid, you can never escape your fate..."

"It's like you can only watch helplessly as your companion falls in front of you, powerless to do anything."

Chiba said coldly, "What are you trying to tell me?"

"N-nothing..." Labi chuckled, as manic as a madman, his laughter turning into a kind of weeping.

Everyone has moments of helplessness, no matter how strong you are. Those moments will always come. When they do, all you can do is weep. There are always things in this world that you cannot resist; those things are collectively called fate.

He seemed to be reminiscing, his tone filled with longing. But the next moment, it turned into extreme hatred, fear, and sorrow. Various expressions kept changing on his face; he had fallen into madness.

"You're going to die," Chiba warned him.

"Yes..."

The Labi slowly raised his arm and then pierced it into his own chest.

He pulled a crimson spherical crystal from his chest and handed it to Chiba.

"Only this can keep her alive."

Chiba took the crystal, and then the lava arm he was manipulating disappeared.

Labi's body fell onto the Lava Behemoth and began to melt.

He looked down at a forest below the mountain.

More than a decade ago.

"Labi, you possess a dark heart. But that's not enough; you must father a child with it before you can officially join our guild."

"This is a great experiment. If it succeeds, we will become more prosperous than ever before."

Similarly, only in this way can you survive.

Labi looked at the hideous and terrifying monster, whose teeth were practically crushed.

"Hurry up! We're all waiting!"

"Haha! A grand show is about to begin!"

"Look! Look! He's in! He's in! Haha!"

The sound of laughter around him nearly drove him to suicide.

In a daze, this utterly absurd event came to an end.

Several months later.

"This... is my child?" the Labi asked, looking at the perfectly normal baby in his arms.

"Yes, look, what a lovely child."

"No... it's not my child, it's a monster! Take it away from me, don't let me see it again!"

"But the chairman said that you must raise your child."

The Labi looked at the tiny baby.

When the baby saw him, he actually opened his arms and smiled, making cooing sounds.

He was stunned.

Several years have passed.

"Daddy, why am I called Seele?" a beautiful little girl asked innocently on the lawn.

Beside the little girl sat a tall man, who picked her up with utmost affection and said with a smile, "Because Seele is Daddy's hope!"

Why is Seele Daddy's hope?

The man replied, "It's because of Seele's existence that Daddy wants to live. If Seele were gone, Daddy would have no reason to live."

"Daddy, you mustn't say things like that. Even if Seele is gone one day, Daddy must try his best to live on," the little girl said with utmost seriousness.

Something deep within the man's heart seemed to be touched; he hugged the girl tightly and burst into tears.

"What? You're taking her away?"

"What? Labi, you don't actually think of it as your daughter, do you?"

"No... no, it's just... is the plan about to start so soon?"

"Um."

Take it with you.

"Yes, President!"

"That kid Labi probably really thinks that monster is his daughter. To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, we're having a hypnotist change his mind."

"Yes!"

"... When she smiled, I had never felt life truly existent before. I was captivated, captivated by her smile. It was then that I felt... love. I'm a complete bastard, but at that moment, all I wanted was to spend the rest of my life protecting her."

At the last moment, as if remembering something, he shuddered.

Seele...

Yes, Seele...

He smiled.

She's my daughter...