The Powerful Gildarts

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"You've got to be kidding me?!"

"Ywen wasn't taken out?"

The Fairy Tail spectators stared at the completely unharmed Ywen, their faces filled with shock.

"Wait, that thing looks really bad..."

At the same time, when Ywen unleashed Yasakani no Magatama, several Mages' expressions turned grim.

Boom!

The next second, countless lasers struck the ground of the back mountain, each one blasting a massive crater roughly ten meters across!

"Retreat! Fall back first..."

Seeing the endless rain of lasers, some Mages kept backing away to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.

Boom!

In an instant, everyone had cleared out a vast open space, leaving only Gildarts to face Yasakani no Magatama alone.

"Gildarts!!"

Cana watched Gildarts stand in the open, gazing at the falling rain of light with a faint smile, and shouted anxiously.

"Danger!"

Makarov, who had been keeping an eye on everyone's safety, suddenly stretched out his arm and yanked Cana from the front lines to behind him, protecting her.

Not long after Makarov pulled Cana away, a laser struck the spot where she had been standing near the front, blasting out a huge crater.

"Hm?!"

"Haha..."

Gildarts seemed to hear Cana's cry. He lowered his head and gave her a gentle smile.

The next second, Gildarts was swallowed by the rain of lasers.

Boom!

Countless beams of light crashed down where Gildarts stood, setting off wave after wave of blasts. The terrifying rain of light kept everyone present from approaching even through its aftershocks.

"No way!"

"Did Gildarts get taken out just like that?"

Watching the endless rain of light before them, some guild members swallowed nervously and could not help asking.

The power of that rain of light was simply too terrifying.

If it had been them, they would probably have already been blasted into ashes...

"Gildarts..."

Hearing the other members mutter, Cana grew even more worried.

"It's fine. Gildarts is Fairy Tail's strongest Mage!"

Makarov, standing beside her and shielding her behind him, seemed to notice Cana's concern. His broad hand gently stroked her head as he spoke softly.

"Mm!"

After hearing Guild Master Makarov's words, Cana nodded firmly. She believed in Makarov. She believed in the Guild Master.

Boom!

As a fierce wind howled, the rain-like points of light finally stopped. A cloud of dust obscured everyone's vision, making it impossible to see what had become of Gildarts, who had taken the full force of the barrage.

Only when a flash of light appeared and the endless dust was crushed away did Gildarts finally come into view. His cloak was now riddled with holes. Clearly, the tattered old cloak had been ruined.

As for Gildarts himself, he was completely unharmed, his eyes shining brightly.

"Ywen, I'm getting serious!"

As though his fighting spirit had finally been reignited after a long time, Gildarts stomped down hard. The ground instantly shattered under his Crush Magic, and using the force of the impact, Gildarts shot straight into the sky.

"Hey, hey, hey?! What are we supposed to do?"

"The ground is collapsing..."

"We're falling!"

"Are we done for?!"

The Fairy Tail members watching nearby were not so lucky. As Gildarts shattered the cliffside ground of the back mountain, they all lost their footing and fell from the heights.

"That's why I said we shouldn't watch Gildarts fight!"

As one of the guild's veterans, Macao calmly enjoyed the weightless sensation of plummeting side by side with death. He was clearly very experienced.

"Aren't we definitely going to die now?"

One guild member clutched his head and wailed.

"Kids! Hold tight!"

Just as the guild members screamed in fear, the composed Makarov's body lit up with golden light!

Warm yet terrifying magic power surged through Makarov's body. His form rapidly expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye. The hundred-meter cliff became nothing more than a tiny pit before the enormous Makarov. He landed on the ground at incredible speed, then wrapped his arms around the guild members and held them safely against his chest.

"Phew..."

"Good thing the Guild Master came with us..."

Lying in Makarov's arms, everyone slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Feeling the warmth from Makarov's chest, they inexplicably felt at ease.

"Why do you think I came along with you little brats?"

Makarov lectured the children in his arms. In truth, after tossing the unconscious Laxus to Porlyusica, he had hurried over not only to make money selling drinks, but more importantly to keep Gildarts from hurting these idiots once he got too carried away.

After all, Gildarts was an idiot among idiots. Once he got excited, he completely ignored his surroundings and often turned entire towns into a mess. Someone had to keep an eye on him...

"Still, Ywen is even stronger than I imagined!"

"With that strength, he could already defeat some of the lower-ranked Saint Ten..."

"Would it really be so bad to grant him the title of S-Class Mage early?"

"No, no. Rules are rules..."

Just as Makarov considered whether to grant Ywen an S-Class title ahead of time, Gildarts and Ywen clashed fiercely in the sky.

"Ha!"

With a sonic boom, Gildarts instantly arrived before Ywen. He clenched his fist and threw a powerful punch at him.

Ywen faced Gildarts's fist without changing expression, raising both hands in front of himself.

Boom!

With a thunderous blast, Ywen, struck by Gildarts's punch, turned into a streak of golden light and crashed deep into the forest, knocking down row after row of trees.

Bzzz—

Yet in an instant, Ywen transformed into golden light again and flew out of the crater completely unharmed, returning to human form.

"Crush!"

The moment Ywen regained his form, a giant hand glowing white had already appeared before him.

"Hm..."

Ywen's pupils suddenly contracted. Gildarts's speed had surpassed his Observation Haki. Was it magic?

Before Ywen could think further, white light erupted.

BOOM!!!

The entire forest, along with three distant mountains, was instantly blasted into countless chunks of earth. Tens of thousands of trees were hurled into the sky.

"Isn't that too ridiculous?!"

Lying in Makarov's arms and effectively watching from the best seats, the Fairy Tail members stared wide-eyed at the vanished forest and mountains.

Bzzz!

Ywen, who had used Observation Haki in advance to evade Gildarts's attack through Elementalization, slowly appeared amid the countless trees blown into the air.

"Ah, he turned into light and dodged again?"

Gildarts looked at Ywen in the sky and muttered to himself.

"Gildarts..."

"Take a look at this!"

Floating in midair, Ywen pressed his palms together. An invisible Gravity Wave instantly surged from his body toward the sky.

Then one second passed, then two, then three...

Time passed second by second, yet nothing seemed to happen.

"What's happening?!"

"Did the magic fail?"

The Fairy Tail members standing in the best seats watched Ywen with his palms pressed together. Instinctively, they felt that things could not be so simple. They had thought Ywen was about to unleash some great magic that would shock them, but as time passed without any sign of magic, they could not help asking.

Yet Makarov, holding the Mages in his arms, suddenly felt waves of dread in his heart. He looked toward the sky, deep in thought, and muttered, "Hey, hey, hey, no way..."

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