Volcano, I'm Just Gone Like That

Laxus was instantly speechless. =_=

(Why was someone like this chosen for the S-Class list?)

Ye Yang pretended to act normally. "Ahem, let's not talk about that. You look pretty miserable yourself."

"You couldn't even beat this little lizard???"

Laxus's face instantly turned red with rage.

"What do you know! I was just waiting for you to get here so I could play with it!"

"So certain someone wouldn't say I got ahead of him."

"Hmph!"

At that moment, the Blazing Flame Demon Lizard, which had been lying on the ground, opened its eyes. Scarlet points of light gleamed within them.

"Roar—!!!"

The demon lizard roared, and the entire cave entrance began to shake violently. Its previously dark-red skin instantly began flashing with a brilliant crimson glow.

The entire volcano immediately began trembling.

"This is bad, it wants to trigger a volcanic eruption!"

"Stop it, quickly!"

With a flash of golden light, Ye Yang instantly appeared beneath the demon lizard.

"Speed is power! Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light? Big Light Speed Kick!"

A massive amount of energy gathered around Ye Yang's foot. A huge cross-shaped light gleamed beside it as he fiercely kicked the Blazing Flame Demon Lizard beneath the jaw.

The demon lizard felt a violent shock strike its head, as if its entire skull were about to shatter.

Ye Yang's kick sent the giant lizard, which weighed dozens of tons, flying into the air and embedded it in the ceiling of the cave.

Laxus stopped holding back. Violent lightning flashed all over his body, his frame grew noticeably larger, and his muscles bulged.

"Roar of the Lightning Dragon!!"

The massive roar struck the Blazing Flame Demon Lizard just as it was about to fall.

The roar engulfed the entire demon lizard, blasting it layer by layer toward the top. It punched straight through the volcano's crater, and a bolt of lightning erupted from the mountain peak, shooting into the sky and tearing apart the thick clouds blanketing it in volcanic ash.

"That one was payback, you stinking lizard."

Laxus looked toward Ye Yang and discovered that Ye Yang was rapidly running toward the cave entrance.

"Hey!" Laxus had just been about to ask when he saw a huge amount of magma pouring from the pierced cave ceiling.

"Damn it! Ye Yang, you just ran off first!?"

Ye Yang's voice came from the distance. "Why are you still standing there? Do you want to die? Run!"

Laxus then desperately ran forward.

"You bastard, you're completely disloyal! You could've at least warned me!"

"Isn't this all your fault? I only embedded it in the rock wall, but you punched straight through it!"

"Now there's an outlet for the magma, so it won't erupt, but it's flowing inside instead!!"

Laxus scratched his head awkwardly. "Emmm, that does seem to be the case."

Ye Yang shouted, "Stop talking! The magma's about to catch us!!"

Just then, the two of them saw a familiar figure ahead.

That was right—it was Gildarts, who had sent Erza back and was now hurrying back.

Gildarts looked at the two people ahead and recognized Ye Yang and Laxus.

They raced past him at high speed, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Ahem, ahem."

"Why are you two running? Is something chasing you from behind?!"

Gildarts looked forward, and his pupils gradually widened.

"Damn!"

After blurting out that curse, he immediately turned and ran.

He quickly caught up to the two of them.

"What did you two do? Why is there magma here!"

Ye Yang shouted, "Isn't it all because of Laxus!"

The three of them raced against the magma. It chased them relentlessly, and they had nowhere to escape.

A few minutes later, after a life-or-death sprint, the three of them finally ran out of the cave.

Ye Yang and the other two raced down to the foot of the mountain.

Makarov looked at the bedraggled trio in confusion. "What happened to you three?"

As soon as Makarov finished speaking, magma burst directly from the cave entrance.

"Boom—!!!"

A massive amount of magma flowed out of the cave entrance and rushed down the mountain.

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"What the hell did you three do!!"

Ye Yang said, "Old Man, this isn't the time for that. If we don't stop it, the village at the foot of the mountain will be destroyed."

"Of course I know that, but what can we do?"

Ye Yang, Laxus, and Gildarts spoke in unison, "Obviously, destroy this volcano."

Hearing the others say exactly what they had been thinking, the three nodded in satisfaction.

The three of them thought, They really do understand me.

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The veins on Makarov's forehead instantly bulged. "Can't you three think of something more reliable?!"

Ye Yang shouted, "There's no time, Old Man."

As he spoke, points of light continuously gathered at his fingertips. The powerful energy fluctuations shook everyone around him.

Laxus thought, This guy actually still has such powerful magic?! Damn it!

Gildarts thought, As expected of the one I brought into the guild.

Makarov thought, It's over, it's over. Am I going to spend the rest of my life in prison?!

"Cero!"

"Whoosh—!!!"

An enormous blast of energy erupted from Ye Yang's fingertips.

The dazzling golden light was so bright that everyone raised their hands to shield their eyes.

"Boom—!!"

A moment later, the fading light disappeared. Everyone slowly opened their eyes, only to see that the volcano before them had been completely leveled.

Makarov's eyes widened. He could not believe that this harmless-looking young man had done such a thing.

Ye Yang nodded in satisfaction, casually blew away the smoke rising from his fingertips, and proudly raised his chin.

"As expected of me."

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Makarov leaped up and punched Ye Yang on the head.

"You brat, can't you go a little easier!"

"Wouldn't destroying the mountaintop have been enough? Why did you flatten the whole mountain!!"

At that moment, Ye Yang suddenly remembered something and collapsed onto the ground with a remorseful expression.

Ye Yang's reaction instantly left everyone present completely stunned.

Makarov looked left and right in disbelief.

"I don't think I said anything, so what's wrong with him?"

The people around them were equally baffled.

Ye Yang stared at the bare, flattened ground before him. "Tears of disappointment streamed down his face."

His finger trembled as he pointed ahead, looking at Makarov with tear-filled eyes.

"My... my... my gems..."

"They're gone... they're all gone..."

Everyone spoke in unison. "Gems?!"

Makarov then noticed that Ye Yang's pockets were bulging, stuffed full of large gemstones.

Makarov said, "You're upset over that? (ˉ―ˉ?)"

Ye Yang nodded with teary eyes.

Everyone fell straight to the ground.

"I thought something serious had happened. So what if the gems are gone? Not only are those gems gone, even the ones in your pockets have to be confiscated."

Ye Yang instantly jumped up at that.

"I advise you not to get any ideas about my gems."

"See this fist as big as a sandbag? It might hurt a lot if it lands on you."

Makarov paid no attention to Ye Yang's threat. He transformed one arm into a giant's arm, grabbed Ye Yang by the leg, and shook him twice. All the diamonds in Ye Yang's pockets fell out.

"Hey, be gentle!"