Panel Update...

Over the past ten years, it wasn't just the town that had undergone earth-shaking changes!

Ywen's strength had also changed dramatically.

The clearest proof was on Ywen's status panel...

Character: Ywen

Physique: Special Physique (can eat multiple Devil Fruits)

Haki:

Observation Haki: LV7(+)

Armament Haki: LV7(+)

Conqueror's Haki: LV7(+)

Devil Fruits:

Zoan Type · Fish-Fish Fruit · Mythical Zoan · Azure Dragon Form: LV7(+)

Paramecia Type · Gravity-Gravity Fruit: LV7(+)

Logia Type · Glint-Glint Fruit: LV7(+)

Martial Arts:

Swordsmanship: LV7(+)

Six Powers: LV7(+)

Magic:

Magic Power: LV8(+)

Attach Magic: LV7(+)

Detach Magic: LV7(+)

Resistances:

Poison Resistance: LV7(+)

Illusion Resistance: LV7(+)

Element Resistance: LV7(+)

Time Resistance: LV7(+)

Space Resistance: LV6(+)

Funds: 438889

Over those ten years, Ywen had not only raised all his previous attributes to LV7, but had also upgraded his magic power to LV8!

LV7 magic power represented the entry level of the Saint Ten. LV8 meant Ywen's magic power had reached the level of the fifth-ranked Saint Ten—the so-called limit humanity could attain.

If he went any further, Ywen's magic power would reach the level of the last three members of the Four Gods of Ishgar, a realm beyond human.

In fact, human-limit magic power, combined with Ywen's Detach Magic, Attach Magic, Devil Fruit abilities, Haki, and Martial Arts, was already enough for him to roam freely across the Ishgar Continent. More than that, Ywen was confident that he stood a chance even against a mage like Warrod, who possessed immense magic power but was not skilled in combat and had always devoted himself to greening the Ishgar Continent.

Besides that, Ywen had attached resistances to poison, illusions, elemental magic, Time Magic, and Spatial Magic to himself. He had raised four of those resistances to LV7 and one to LV6, giving him an absolute advantage against ninety-nine percent of the mages in this world.

As for why he had added those resistances, Ywen had no choice. Although Haki and the Fish-Fish Fruit were powerful and could provide effective defense over the body's surface, they had difficulty defending against certain attacks from within. Even a Devil Fruit user and Haki wielder at Teacher Kai's level could still be injured by internal damage...

In this world, there was Spatial Magic capable of directly pulling a person's heart from their chest. Unlike Law's Op-Op Fruit, once the heart was removed, the person whose heart had been taken truly died.

There was also magic that could directly shrink a human heart until it disappeared. Its user could shrink targets on the scale of islands or even nations, absurdly enough to reduce a small island to the size of a ping-pong ball...

Beyond that, there were all kinds of lethal poison magic, illusion magic that drove people mad, magic that stopped time, and even more outrageous magic that directly controlled human beings...

These resistances ensured that whenever such mages used their magic on Ywen, none of it could achieve its intended effect!

But Ywen was not arrogant. Against a truly powerful person like Aileen, he would still be instantly defeated.

Still, Ywen was confident that as he accumulated more funds, coupled with the exploit of Attach Magic being able to grant himself abilities that could be directly upgraded through the system, he would soon grow strong enough to stand on his own. At the very least... he would no longer be instantly killed by someone at Aileen's level!

As for Ywen's Attach Magic...

It was practically a cheat. Ywen could use it to attach all sorts of bizarre attributes to himself at will. Although it had certain limitations and could not grant cheat-like attributes such as invincibility or Omniscience and Omnipotence, it was still absurdly overpowered.

But despite how powerful Attach Magic was, Ywen had still raised the levels of his Haki, Devil Fruits, and Martial Arts without neglecting any of them. He knew that magic had its limits—or rather, that he could not raise his magic beyond certain people's level anytime soon!

For example, August, the master of immense magic power known as "Calamity," who stood alongside Aileen as one of the Twin Walls of the Empire in the Zeref Empire!

Trying to defeat August, the so-called "Magic King," with magic was as difficult as reaching the heavens.

In the original story, even though Gildarts had found what barely counted as a weakness in the Magic King, he still had not completely defeated August. August's defeat had been more the result of seeing his beloved mother, followed by acceptance and redemption.

Against August, who could copy all magic and use the heaven-defying magic power he had inherited from Dark Mage Zeref and Fairy Tail's first Guild Master, Mavis, to make copied magic even stronger than its original user's...

Ywen had no intention of using magic against such a monster. He planned to outwit him with Devil Fruits, Martial Arts, and Haki. He bet that the Magic King could not copy his Devil Fruit abilities, Martial Arts, or Haki.

Of course, that was only if Ywen ever had a chance to face the Magic King. The reason he was preparing so early was for the future. Being prepared in advance never hurt.

Besides, at Ywen's current level, the funds gained from daily missions had become negligible. Even if he spent several decades relying on daily mission funds, it would be difficult for him to reach a level where he could deal with the Magic King. More importantly, the all-out war between the Western Continent and the Eastern Continent was not far away. Ywen simply did not have time to hide away and grow stronger, so he set his sights on high-level missions.

High-Level Mission: Join any Mage Guild. The final reward will be determined by the guild's strength and future potential!

The moment Ywen received that high-level mission, he had already decided which guild to join. It had to be Fairy Tail. Leaving aside the fact that, according to the system's description, joining Fairy Tail would definitely bring the greatest returns...

Just the fact that wearing Fairy Tail's emblem could grant a magic power boost, and that in a critical moment he could shout, "We are mages of Fairy Tail!" and turn the tide was enough to make him join Fairy Tail!

Come to think of it, if that boost could be controlled at will, then judging from the outrageous displays Ywen had seen in the original story in his past life, he felt that if someone with Aileen's strength shouted, "I am a mage of Fairy Tail!" then, as long as her power of belief was strong enough, she might even be able to take down Little Black Acnologia...

Of course, Ywen was only imagining it. That thing was far too mysterious and dependent on belief. It worked for others, but that did not mean it would work for Ywen or Aileen...

"Crunch~"

Erza peeled away the Devil Fruit's skin and took a bite.

"Ugh..."

In an instant, Erza's cute little face scrunched up into a knot.

Because Erza had thought the fruit would be delicious, she had deliberately taken a huge bite. But...

"It tastes awful..."

"Big Brother Ywen, even Mom tricked me..."

Erza felt like her birthday was ruined.

"Erza, imagine that you can attract anything made of iron."

Ywen gently rubbed Erza's little head and spoke softly.

The Paramecia Type: Magnet-Magnet Fruit's power was not limited to attracting ferromagnetic materials such as iron, nickel, and cobalt.

But for Erza, who had just eaten the Paramecia Type: Magnet-Magnet Fruit, attracting and controlling ferromagnetic materials was probably the simplest use of all, just like "Captain" Kid.

"Huh?!"

Erza froze for a moment after hearing Ywen's words, then did as he said.

At once, every knife and fork in the room floated into the air...

"So amazing!"

Erza's eyes lit up as she watched the knives and forks rise. Controlling them felt as effortless as moving a part of her own body.

"That is what the fruit can do!"

Watching Erza grasp the basics of controlling her Devil Fruit ability in an instant, Ywen smiled faintly.

"I knew the gift Big Brother gave me was special!"

Erza took back what she had said earlier.

"Magnetism?"

Watching Erza freely control metal, Aileen immediately recognized the ability of the Devil Fruit Erza had eaten.

"If it is magnetism, then heh heh..."

"Every mage with iron-based magic will probably cry, won't they? Even some lightning mages will be completely countered too~"

Aileen watched Ywen and Erza tenderly while silently thinking to herself.

Yes. Many years later, during the conflict between Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord, Erza developed a new move called Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Gajeel Flying Sword!

At that moment, the young Gajeel had no idea what fate awaited him.

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