Yasakani no Magatama

"So that's why I said Brother wouldn't lose..."

Erza looked up at the enormous fireball, her expression calm, as though she had expected Ywen's strength all along.

"Crush!"

Facing the massive fireball, Gildarts remained composed. He waved a hand toward the sky, releasing a burst of white light.

"Boom!"

In an instant, the enormous fireball Ywen had created with Attach Magic was split into countless fragments and vanished from the sky.

"That's ridiculous..."

The guild members watching the battle were all dumbfounded. Some had even dropped their beer and popcorn onto the ground without noticing, their eyes fixed intently on the sky.

"My fireball was still too small. If it were Aileen, she could probably destroy Magnolia outright, right?"

Floating in the sky, Ywen was dissatisfied with the Attach Magic he had just used.

"You were actually thinking about destroying Magnolia?!"

Makarov's eyes widened. He had originally thought Ywen was the calm, collected type who would not cause trouble. Now, it seemed he had worried for nothing. That kind of mage would never join Fairy Tail in the first place. And hearing Ywen casually talk about destroying Magnolia, Makarov could already tell just how much trouble Ywen would cause in the future...

"Looks like I'll need to keep apology letters ready at all times..."

Makarov could already see his future self running to the Magic Council every few days to write endless apologies.

Still, a Fairy Tail mage ought to have that kind of spirit. The Magic Council? To hell with it!

"Gildarts won't lose, will he?!"

Some of the guild members had already begun murmuring uneasily.

"G-Gildarts won't lose! He's the strongest!"

Cana, dressed in a white gown, timidly cheered for her father.

"Not necessarily. Brother Ywen still hasn't gone all out!"

Erza shook her head after hearing Cana's words.

"Kid, you nearly set my hair on fire just now!"

"Using magic on that level from so close is dangerous, you know?"

Gildarts shouted at Ywen, who hovered in the air.

"In that case, I'll switch attributes..."

Ywen drew in a deep breath, then in the next second, blue-white lightning burst from his mouth!

It was the power of the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Azure Dragon Form!

"Could this be magic like Laxus's?"

Makarov was startled as he watched lightning pour from Ywen's mouth.

"Hey, hey, hey! He can use lightning in addition to fire?!"

"That's certainly surprising, but..."

Gildarts raised his cloak in time to block Ywen's lightning. His gaze sharpened, and in the next instant, immense magic power gathered in his hand.

In an instant, Ywen's lightning was shattered into countless fragments by Gildarts's Crush Magic.

"So he really can crush lightning too..."

Ywen was not surprised that Gildarts could crush his lightning. Although Gildarts had never fought Laxus in the original story, he had fought a weakened God Serena. Serena possessed eight Dragon Slayer Lacrima of different attributes within his body—water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, rock, light, and darkness. In other words, Gildarts could likely crush any magical element, including intangible ones such as lightning, wind, and light.

"Kid, watch out..."

Gildarts gave Ywen a slight warning as he watched him sink into thought.

"Hm?"

At the very moment Gildarts's words fell, Ywen's Observation Haki sensed danger!

The white light of Gildarts's Crush Magic did not stop after shattering Ywen's lightning. Instead, it followed the lightning toward Ywen, enveloping him and instantly covering his body.

"Sorry, kid, but I'm ending this fight!"

As Gildarts spoke, the hand he had pointed at Ywen clenched slightly into a fist. In an instant, Ywen's body was crushed by Gildarts, turning into a mass of light.

"It's over..."

Gildarts looked calmly at Ywen, who had been struck by his magic in the sky.

"So Gildarts won after all?"

Watching from afar, the guild members saw Gildarts's composed expression and revealed looks of understanding.

"Phew... That's a relief! But that Ywen really is strong!"

"Yeah! Yeah! He already has the strength of an S-Class Mage, doesn't he?"

"Guild Master, how about making an exception and promoting Ywen directly to S-Class Mage? His strength is more than enough, right?"

The guild members, who had relaxed slightly after Gildarts's victory, looked at Makarov standing before them and made their suggestion.

"Denied!"

"No matter who it is, they must follow Fairy Tail's rules!"

"Only those who take and pass the S-Class Mage examination can be awarded the title of the guild's S-Class Mage. No matter how strong they are, there will be no exceptions!"

Makarov crossed his arms before his chest, wearing an expression that said everything had to be done according to the rules.

"Guild Master Makarov, aren't you taking this a little too seriously?"

The guild members all complained at his words.

"Shut up, you idiots! Those are the rules!"

Makarov snapped at the members behind him while emphasizing the word "rules."

"Ha ha ha ha..."

Makarov's words made the Fairy Tail members burst into laughter. They seemed to be laughing at the fact that their Guild Master had actually mentioned rules. Did Fairy Tail even have rules?

"..."

Listening to the laughter of those foolish children behind him, who gave him absolutely no face, Makarov lowered his head guiltily. Even he felt a little guilty saying the word "rules." In truth, aside from not harming companions or family and not spreading information harmful to Fairy Tail, every other rule could be broken.

Makarov had always believed that magic was freedom. Only freedom could cultivate the finest mages.

"Fighting always makes me thirsty!"

"I should head back to the guild and have a few refreshing, ice-cold beers!"

There was a hint of exhaustion in Gildarts's expression. Right now, all he wanted was to return to the guild and down a huge mug of beer.

"Whoosh~"

However, just as Gildarts was about to leave, a beam of light suddenly descended from the sky and struck the road directly in front of him.

"Hm?!"

Gildarts looked at the scorched ground beneath his feet in surprise, then raised his head toward the sky with a grave expression.

In the air, Ywen had been struck by Gildarts's Crush Magic. In Gildarts's eyes, being hit by his Crush Magic should have turned Ywen into countless tiny Ywens and left him unable to fight...

But Ywen had not turned into countless tiny Ywens as Gildarts had imagined. Instead, he became clusters of golden light. Then, before Gildarts and the others' eyes, the lights first formed a finger, then a palm, an arm, half a body, and finally Ywen himself, floating in the sky.

"Hey, hey, hey?!"

"You can use such troublesome magic too?"

Gildarts looked at Ywen, who could turn his body into an element, with a headache-inducing expression. The kind of mages he hated fighting most were those with intangible bodies.

"I see. I was careless just now. Then next, I'm getting serious!"

"You'd better be careful, Gildarts!"

After speaking, Ywen's body transformed directly into countless clusters of golden light and spread across the sky, soon illuminating half the heavens.

"Yasakani no Magatama!"

As Ywen's voice fell, countless flashes of light shot toward Gildarts!

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