A New Mission

"C-Can't move!"

"My body is completely out of control!"

"Damn it, what the hell is going on?!"

Outside the entrance to the Fairy Tail guild, Laxus discovered in horror that the closer he got to the guild, the heavier his body became.

"Interesting! Want to see who wins?"

Rather than flying into a rage over the sudden gravity pressing down on him, Laxus became eager to try. Since someone did not want him entering the guild, then he would insist on going in...

"Move!"

As the magic power within Laxus's body surged, it let out a series of "creak, creak..." sounds. He braced himself against the ground, gritted his teeth, and walked toward the guild step by step. Under this immense pressure, Laxus could feel the Dragon Slayer Crystal near his heart transforming into streams of pure life force, continuously remaking his body.

"I've gotten stronger..."

Golden lightning flashed in Laxus's eyes. Each step he took left a deep footprint in the ground, and with every step forward, his body grew a little stronger...

Meanwhile...

While Laxus treated Ywen's gravity as training.

Ywen had already arrived on the second floor and begun picking out a mission he liked.

However, after looking around, Ywen did not find any mission he wanted to take. Either the task was too cumbersome, or the subjugation site was too far from Fairy Tail. A round trip would take weeks at the least and several months at most. Ywen, who valued efficiency, had no intention of taking missions that required too much time for mediocre rewards...

After thinking for a while, Ywen bypassed the S-Class Mission board and headed deeper into the guild...

There were even more difficult missions there: SS-Class Missions that surpassed S-Class Missions, as well as Ten-Year Missions above SS-Class Missions, and even the legendary Hundred-Year Missions...

Ordinarily, an S-Class Mage needed the guild master's approval to accept a mission above S-Class. But with the guild master absent, there was nothing to be done~

When Ywen reached the boards covered in dust, which had clearly been sitting deep within the guild for a long time, he scanned them and his eyes settled on a subjugation mission.

"So it's this mission?!"

Ywen murmured softly, his gaze finally locking onto a mission notice that looked incredibly ancient even among the high-risk missions gathering dust.

The paper used for the notice had already yellowed. Ywen raised a hand and gently brushed away the dust before taking down the mission.

"By my calculations, the time is about right..."

"In that case, I'll complete this mission!"

After saying that, Ywen's body floated gently into the air, and he flew straight out through the second-floor window.

Boom!!

At the exact moment Ywen left, the pressure on Laxus suddenly vanished like the receding tide.

"Ywen! I know you're inside the guild. I've become stronger, and this time, I definitely won't lose to you."

Laxus entered the guild and looked around with his blood boiling, but aside from the members drinking and chatting, there was no sign of Ywen.

"Ah..."

Laxus stared at the empty guild and fell into thought.

"Damn it, was I one step too late? Did you get away?"

After a long while, Laxus muttered to himself, his voice filled with loneliness and helplessness.

"Hey, you blond-haired punk, what are you standing here moping around for?"

"Instead of wasting time feeling sorry for yourself, why don't you hurry up and complete some missions? Otherwise, you'll never catch up to Brother Ywen."

Just as Laxus was lamenting alone, Erza arrived at the guild after finishing her meal. She was preparing to try taking her first mission.

"You're here, red-haired girl!"

Laxus glanced at Erza and said resentfully.

"Huh?! Are you looking for a fight?"

"Who are you calling red-haired girl?"

After hearing Laxus's form of address, Erza's eye twitched slightly. Light flashed from her hands as she summoned the iron sword she had just bought in town, supposedly the best in all of Magnolia, and pointed it at Laxus.

"Bastard..."

"You were the one who called me a blond-haired punk first, weren't you?!"

"You want to fight, right?"

Laxus looked at Erza with a smile that did not reach his eyes and asked.

"You want to fight?!"

"You think I'm afraid of you?"

Erza ignored everything Laxus had said before that and locked onto his final question. Her mind possessed an exceptional ability to simplify things and seize upon the key point.

"Enough talk. Come on!"

As Laxus spoke, endless lightning surged around his body.

"Boom..."

The iron sword in Erza's hand was also wrapped in pitch-black Armament Haki.

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

When guild members broke up fights on a normal day, other guilds tried to persuade people not to fight. Fairy Tail was different. Fairy Tail's way of breaking up fights was to tell people to stop wasting words—if they could throw hands, then stop yapping...

Whoever won was in the right...

"Lightning Dragon's Crushing Fist!"

"Soaring Slash!"

"Boom!"

In an instant, amid the guild members' cheers, Laxus and Erza collided. Thunder roared, and blades flashed!

Today was another day with five guild tables destroyed...

When Makarov returned to the guild and saw the ruined tables and damaged ceiling, he cried as he smacked both Laxus and Erza on the head...

"Guild Master, calm down!"

Macao came over to habitually play the hindsight hero and urge the Guild Master to calm down. In truth, he had been one of the loudest people egging them on earlier.

"Damn it, leaving aside that bastard Gildarts, who went off on a job..."

"Ywen knows who knows what he's doing, instead of properly keeping an eye on those two idiots, Erza and Laxus!"

Makarov grumbled angrily. Right now, aside from Gildarts, only Ywen had the strength to stop Erza and Laxus.

Erza might have only been ten, but with all her attributes at Level 6, she was a proper S-Class mage...

As for Laxus, thirteen-year-old Laxus was also close to S-Class in strength. If the two of them fought while Makarov, Gildarts, and Ywen were all away, no one in the entire guild could step in.

"Um, Brother Ywen went out on a job too..."

Erza, who was sitting at the bar and being punished by Makarov—ordered to sit still for three hours and do nothing else—raised her small hand and spoke to Makarov.

"What? Ywen went out on a job? Erza, Laxus, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Makarov was startled upon hearing Erza's words.

"You never asked, you old geezer!"

Laxus, sitting at the far end of the bar, snapped at Makarov.

"Bang!"

The next second, another swollen bump appeared on Laxus's head.

"Call me an old geezer after you can beat me, you brat!"

Makarov shot back at Laxus irritably.

"Macao, keep an eye on those two. Make sure they sit here for the full time!"

"I'm going to see what job Ywen took!"

After saying that, Makarov's body gently floated up as he drifted toward the guild's second floor.

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