Meteor?!

"No, it wasn't that the magic failed to activate..."

"Ywen, he... succeeded in casting it. This is really..."

"...a bit excessive!"

"This kind of magic is no joke?! It's an ultra-dangerous spell that absolutely should not be used in a spar with comrades! Ywen..."

Just as everyone was puzzled, Makarov seemed to sense something and looked toward the sky shrouded in clouds. A few drops of cold sweat trickled down his aged cheeks.

"Whoosh!!"

The next second, the clouds seemed to boil as they churned relentlessly!

Then, a massive rock engulfed in flames smashed straight through the thick clouds overhead. For a moment, it was as though the sky had split open! Its full form was revealed before everyone's eyes!

"You've got to be kidding?! That's... a meteor?!"

The Fairy Tail members lying in Makarov's arms widened their eyes, staring in disbelief at the rock that had broken through the clouds, ignited by high-speed friction, cloaked in flames, and plummeting at tremendous speed.

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"Ywen, you really are a child who never stops surprising me!"

Gildarts looked excitedly at the flaming meteor rapidly falling toward him. Unhurried, he extended a hand toward the meteor in the sky.

"Crush!"

As white light flashed!

The enormous meteor instantly turned into countless fragments! At the same time, most of its force was stripped away!

"The meteor was crushed?!"

"Hahaha, what the heck..."

"Those two are complete monsters!"

Before the Fairy Tail members watching the battle could recover from the shock of the meteor, they saw the meteor they could never have resisted turn into countless fragments in Gildarts's hand.

"Um, wouldn't it be even more dangerous for us now that it's broken into pieces?!"

A Fairy Tail member in Makarov's arms complained.

"It's fine..."

"We have the Guild Master protecting us!"

Some members said carelessly.

Then, they felt their line of sight getting lower and lower...

Before long, they landed on the ground...

"So..."

A bad feeling suddenly rose in the hearts of the guild members.

"Figure it out yourselves!"

"I have something urgent to do..."

After tossing out those words, Makarov ran straight toward where Gildarts and Ywen were fighting.

"So what?!"

A guild member who still had not caught on asked in confusion.

"So spread your legs and run!"

Before he could react, experienced members had already taken off at full speed toward safety!

"Run!"

With someone taking the lead, the others finally realized that they needed to flee!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Not long after everyone began heading for safety, meteor fragments fell from the sky, blasting enormous craters into the ground.

"That was dangerous..."

Standing in a safe spot and watching the forest get bombarded without end, the Fairy Tail members murmured quietly.

They no longer had any interest in who would win between Ywen and Gildarts. No victory or defeat was more important than staying alive.

Elsewhere!

As meteor fragments continued to fall, Ywen and Gildarts both smiled. It was the smile of those who had found a worthy opponent.

Without another word, the two rushed toward each other at incredible speed.

"That's enough!"

Just as Ywen and Gildarts gathered magic power and were about to begin another exchange, two large hands landed on their heads, pulling them apart and knocking them hard.

"Mm..."

The pain in their heads gradually calmed Ywen and Gildarts down.

"You two, take a good look around you!"

After separating the fiercely battling Ywen and Gildarts, Makarov folded his arms before his chest and demanded angrily.

"Whoosh!"

"Boom!!"

"Crack, boom..."

Gildarts rubbed his chin as he looked at the continuously falling meteor fragments, the shattered, burning trees, and the crater-riddled ground, sinking into thought.

"Guild Master, did you perhaps use Spatial Magic midway through my battle with Ywen to transfer us from the guild's back mountain?"

After thinking for a while, Gildarts seemed to have figured something out and asked Makarov.

"Stop playing dumb! This is the guild's back mountain..."

"No, the guild's back mountain is gone already..."

"As for why? Think about it yourselves. I'm sure you understand!"

Makarov glared angrily at Gildarts and Ywen.

"Oh my..."

"This is a little troublesome..."

Gildarts looked at the devastation covering the ground and fell into thought.

"But whatever, time heals all wounds!"

"For now, I should head back to the guild and get some rest! I'm so thirsty!"

As Gildarts spoke, he prepared to leave on his own and return to the guild for a beer.

"Thump!"

However, just as Gildarts was about to leave, Makarov's fist landed on his head, making his already swollen head puff up even more.

"That hurts, Guild Master..."

Gildarts stared at Makarov with dead fish eyes as he spoke.

"These are for you! If you can't restore the back mountain to its original state, don't come back to the guild..."

As he spoke, Makarov tossed two buckets and two small shovels before Gildarts and Ywen, speaking sternly.

After saying that, Makarov stormed off. At the same time, Ywen and Gildarts could hear him muttering, "Seriously, ruining other people's places is one thing, but you even tore down your own mountain? I can't take it anymore..."

"Looks like the Guild Master is serious?!"

Gildarts grabbed his messy hair and looked helplessly at Makarov's angry retreating back.

"Well, that's how it is. Let's work hard together!"

After thinking for a moment, Gildarts picked up the shovel and bucket from the ground and began repairing the damage.

"You're seriously doing this?!"

Ywen raised a brow as he looked at the vanished forest and mountain range.

"Seriously."

Gildarts muttered as he skillfully shoveled dirt.

"Ugh..."

Ywen sighed, manipulating gravity to begin clearing away the rubble on the ground. Fighting had felt great, but now he felt just as miserable.

"Gravity Magic? That's really convenient!"

Gildarts could not help praising Ywen as he watched him use gravity to clear rubble over a large area and fill in the cratered ground.

Then Gildarts became slightly allergic to the dust Ywen stirred up and could not help sneezing.

"Boom!"

In an instant, the ground they had just filled in became shattered all over again.

"Did you do that on purpose?!"

Ywen raised a brow at Gildarts, who had used too much force while sneezing and instinctively activated his magic. At this rate, when would they ever finish?