Future Lucy's Timeline

With the interference of the Riyao, this timeline has far fewer than ten thousand dragons, but still several hundred.

Even just a few hundred dragons turned the whole world upside down.

The capital city was erased from the map; it wasn't even a ruin, just a scorched earth.

One by one, the surrounding cities fell, the streets were filled with craters burned by dragon's breath, buildings collapsed into piles of rubble, and the air was filled with the smell of burning.

Even with many mages united, they could only slow down the dragon's advance.

Fortunately, only a few hundred dragons were lost four hundred years ago, and the Black Dragon was still born.

The Black Dragon saw hundreds of giant dragons wreaking havoc on the Ishgar Continent, which was practically a provocation to him.

So the Black Dragon began its slaughter, relentlessly hunting down the hundreds of dragons.

The dragons were as fragile as paper before the Black Dragon; dragon blood stained the entire continent, and roars and screams mingled together.

During the long period of resisting the dragon, Riyao used the Dragon Force's Dragon Force for a long time and has been completely corrupted by it.

Irreversible complete dragonification.

He asked Ultear to forge him a wooden sword that could allow him to remain in the past.

Riyao will pour all of his Life Magic and life force into it.

"Young Lucy, wanna stab me? It'd be thrilling."

"Huh? What are you talking about at a time like this? Even being cunning has its timing, you know?"

Lucy looked stunned, her mouth agape as if she could fit an egg in it, her mind filled with questions.

Did this person's brain get damaged from the dragon transformation?

Riyao pinched her mouth shut, squeezing her lips together with two fingers, not giving her a chance to complain.

"Listen to me, you pray to go back to before the Grand Magic Games, after the Eclipse Gate closed, and stab me in the heart with that wooden sword. Hehe, remember to do it secretly, give me a surprise."

Lucy's eyes widened, she made whimpering noises, and her hands and feet flailed in the air.

"I thought the future had changed, but it turns out my timeline is yours. I was too optimistic. But it's probably for the best; who knows, the combination of the two timelines might make me even stronger."

When Riyao said this, he still had that smug smile on his face.

"Alright, now I'm going to take you to the Eclipse Gate."

Riyao reached out and patted Mirajane's head.

"Remember to save me dinner; it'll be over soon."

"Okay, be careful on the road."

Mirajane kissed Riyao, her lips brushing against his cheek.

Lucy blinked, her eyes practically popping out of their sockets.

Let go of my mouth, you idiots!

Riyao released Lucy's mouth, took a few steps back, and his body began to swell and deform.

Its bones lengthened, muscles proliferated, its skin was covered with dark green scales, and dragon horns meandered out from its forehead.

It transformed from human form into a hundred-foot- Azure Dragon, its body coiled across half the sky, its scales gleaming with a cold, azure light in the sunlight.

He stretched out his dragon claw, grabbed Lucy in his hand, and charged towards the capital of the Kingdom of Fiore on the Ishgar Continent.

The wind pressure whipped Lucy's hair into a mess; she was completely gripped by the dragon's claws, with only her head sticking out.

Zeref stood atop the city wall, watching.

His black robes fluttered in the wind, and his expression was hidden in the shadows, making it impossible to see.

Lucy, held by Riyao, loudly complained.

Hey! Can't I just sit on your back?

"Stop complaining now, just bear with it. I might throw you out later."

"Throw me out? Are you serious?! Why me?!"

"Nonsense, that door is somewhat related to your family. If you don't go, who will?"

Nonsense, you're the main character, if you don't go, who will?

Riyao continued to accelerate, it pressed a deep trench into the sea below.

The Ishgar Continent is already visible, and dragons can be seen flying in the air, though they appear to be fleeing.

"How did the generous crab run into the Black Dragon?"

Riyao lightning crackled and leaped between the dragon's scales, shooting from its horns to its tail, transforming the entire dragon into a streak of azure lightning.

Sizzle~

The Riyao and the dragons brushed past each other, but the dragons didn't have time to pay them any attention, flapping their wings as if they were fleeing for their lives.

The Black Dragon turned its head, its vertical pupils locking onto the Riyao.

He sniffed the air and found that this prey was more palatable than the small fry that were running away with their heads in their hands.

The aura of Dragon Force, along with an indescribable life force, mingled together, smelled far more interesting than those dragons that only knew how to run.

The Black Dragon turned around and began its pursuit of Riyao.

Lucy's soul almost flew out of her mouth.

She saw the Black Dragon's eyes; those vertical pupils held no emotion, only pure killing intent and a hint of inexplicable curiosity.

Riyao accelerated wildly, the air seemed to whistle.

The Black Dragon followed closely behind, its speed even faster than his, gradually closing the distance.

Finally, we saw the Eclipse Gate, a massive stone gate standing on the earth, its surface covered with dense, ancient patterns.

Riyao unleashed his full magical power in a roar, his azure dragon breath, crackling with lightning, crashing into the Eclipse Gate along with the air.

The Eclipse Gate absorbed all the magic power, and half of the patterns on the gate lit up, while the remaining patterns lit up one by one.

The two landed in Eclipse Gate. Riyao transformed back into human form, and the dragon scales retracted under his skin.

The Black Dragon transformed into human form, landed in front of them, crossed its arms, and looked at them with great interest.

"Wait a minute, Big Black, let me take this guy back first."

The Riyao opened the Eclipse Gate, the heavy iron doors emitting a deep rumble, and blinding light shone through the cracks.

He kicked Lucy inside.

As for adjusting parameters? No, Lucy will handle that herself.

Black Dragon raised an eyebrow, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"You and I are both Dragon Slayer, and you've completely transformed into dragons. Haha, it must be painful, right? I'll help you find liberation."

He laughed, the laughter echoing across the empty land, his eyes filled with a complex and utterly deranged expression.

Riyao sat on the ground, grinned, and looked completely unconcerned.

"What's the rush? There's plenty of time. Aren't you in pain too? Why don't we chat for a bit? Right now, standing under this gate, our magic is suppressed, and we can only fight with our physical strength. It's too much trouble."

As he spoke, he pulled out a handful of sunflower seeds, from who-knows-where, and handed them to Black Dragon.

The Black Dragon stood there in front of him, staring intently at Riyao's face, trying to discern something from him.

Fear? Disgust? Or feigned goodwill?

People would be terrified and disgusted by him; they would either scream and run away, kneel down and beg for mercy, or fight back to the death.

Only the person in front of him treated him differently.

It's not that I'm pretending to be unafraid; I genuinely don't care.

Black Dragon sat down, took the sunflower seeds and started cracking them open without saying a word.

The two sat facing each other, beneath the Eclipse Gate, within the collapsing timeline, cracking sunflower seeds.

At this moment, golden particles appeared in everything around us, and everything began to change.

The city walls, the earth, the sky—everything blurred in the golden light, its edges beginning to dissolve and dissipate piece by piece.

Riyao's smile widened even further, his mouth stretching almost to his ears.

"It's a success! The timeline is starting to converge."

Black Dragon frowned as he watched the golden particles emanating from his body rise one by one from the surface of his skin and drift into the air.

What kind of magic is this? It can actually affect him.

"Stop looking, this isn't magic, it's just the world changing."

Riyao stood up, reached out and placed his hand on the Black Dragon's shoulder, his palm resting on the dragon's scales without trembling.

"Let me conduct an experiment with the little time I have left."

A green light emanated from his hands, a soft, warm green that blended harmoniously with the surrounding golden particles.

[Life Magic - Healing]

The golden light of the changing world enveloped this green light; the two intertwined and then vanished simultaneously.

The whole world was enveloped in golden light.

Lucy was sitting in the Fairy Tail guild hall chatting with Levy, and they had just started talking about a new dessert that had recently been released.

She shuddered, as if she had been doused with cold water, her mind racing through all the things that would happen in the future, before she looked around blankly.

The guild hall was as noisy as ever, with Natsu and Gray arguing and Cana drinking.

She looked towards the guild gate.

Riyao is closing the door.

Bang!!

Riyao kicked the door open, the door slamming against the wall with a loud bang, making the glasses on the bar jump.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door being kicked open, and her memory slowly faded away.

Lucy was speechless at Riyao's actions, her lips twitched, and she gave a harsh rebuke.

"You deliberately closed the door just so you could kick it open?"