Home at Last

"Haha! Igneel messed up, didn't he? He made a fool of himself, didn't he? He was humiliated, wasn't he?"

"Metalicana, you gloating bastard, shut up!"

"I won't shut up! I'll make you angry!"

Seeing the two old children about to fight, Sordil quickly intervened to stop them.

"Gentlemen, please give me some face and stop arguing, okay?"

"Alright! Brother, I'll let this Iron Block go today for your sake!"

"Cut!"

Compared to Igneel's righteous indignation, Metalicana was much more willful. He smacked his lips at Igneel, then turned away and ignored Igneel completely. Seeing the situation was about to deteriorate, Sordil quickly tried to salvage it.

"Brother Igneel, just wait a few more minutes, I'll be right back. Then, let's go to my place and have a good drink together!"

"Alright! Go ahead, brother!"

After appeasing Igneel and Yelibell, Sordil took them to find a new home. A quarter of an hour later, following the majestic Sand Mountain Range, a beautiful canyon appeared southeast of the Dil'dixiu Mountain Range. With that, Sordil's demolition team's work was complete.

"Sister Yelibell, let's hurry back! Otherwise, Brother Igneel and the others will start arguing again."

"Okay, let's go back now!"

Yelibell glanced at her new home, then followed Sordil, flying towards the mountaintop platform. A few minutes later, the two returned to the platform, where the others were already prepared to depart. Looking at Igneel and the others standing neatly in the center of the platform, Sordil spoke:

"Brothers, I'm afraid I'll have to make do with a little something for this teleportation!"

Igneel and the others exchanged puzzled glances, then Igneel, representing the others, spoke up, "Brother Sordil, what do you mean by that?"

"Here's the thing, the Teleportation Array I set up at the exit of the Cuyis Tree Sea is in a rather cramped space, so a few of you brothers need to compress your bodies a bit. Otherwise, the Teleportation Array exit might collapse from our pressure."

"Oh! I see. Well then, brother, you can get started!"

Sordil nodded, then said to Yelibell, "Sister Yelibell, why don't you go stand there too!"

Hearing Sordil's words, Yelibell obediently walked to the center of the platform and joined Igneel and the others. Once everyone was in position, Sordil extended his right hand towards the center of the platform and shouted, "Quality Magic - Compression!"

As Sordil cast Quality Magic, Igneel and the others gradually shrank until they reached adult size. After dealing with Igneel and the others, Sordil compressed his own body to adult size, then stepped to the center of the array and activated the Teleportation Array.

A moment later, the figures of everyone disappeared from the platform as the silver light dissipated.

Cuyis Tree Sea, Teleportation Cave

"What the hell! Who sat on my face?"

"Who put their foot in my face?"

Who stepped on my back?

"Hey! Who's this? Don't touch me like that!"

Igneel and the others, who had just been teleported over, ended up crammed together haphazardly due to someone's miscalculation, filling the entire cave to the brim.

Feeling like his handsome face was about to be flattened by someone sitting on it, Igneel hurriedly shouted, "Brother Sordil, hurry up and think of a way to solve this!"

Then, a muffled shout came from the center of the cave, and the situation was broken.

"Purple Wolf Fur Jesus (Quality Magic - Compression)!"

"Buzz"

The remaining air around them vibrated violently, and then the entire cave became empty again.

Compressed into a miniature doll, Igneel stared at Sordil behind him and said, "Brother Sordil, you really messed up this time. You almost ruined my handsome face!"

Faced with the ' Death Ray ' from everyone, Sordil quickly apologized. "Brother Igneel is right, this was indeed my mistake! Because I usually use this formation alone, I habitually compress my body to the size of an adult, but I forgot that I'm not the only one being teleported today, which is why this oversight occurred. I hope everyone can forgive me!"

Before Igneel and the others could speak, Yelibell hurriedly defended them, saying, "How can this be blamed on you, Brother Sordil? We were all too impatient! If we had been patient and waited for a while, Sordil you teleport one by one, this problem wouldn't have happened!"

Upon hearing Yelibell's reasonable explanation, Igneel and the others' words caught in their throats. Just then, a clear, cold voice entered their ears, pointing them in the direction of their next move.

"Shouldn't our priority be to recover outside the cave and then head to Sordil's hometown?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Grandiere is right. The most important thing we should do now is leave the cave, instead of making pointless accusations here."

Seeing Metalicana, the world's number one sycophant, fawning over him, Igneel felt as if he had swallowed a cockroach. Unable to bear it any longer, he flew out of the cave first. Seeing Igneel leave, the others didn't dare to delay and hurriedly followed. Before long, Sordil and the others left the cave and arrived at a clearing on a grassy field.

"Brother Sordil, please help us regain our original form!"

"Good!"

Sordil flew in front of the group and shouted, "Compression released!"

As Sordil dispelled the Quality Magic, eight giant dragons appeared on the grass in less than a minute. Just then, a silvery shout rang out from the sky, causing everyone to look up.

"Sordil, is that really you?"

"Diphiya, what are you doing here?"

"My dad and I were playing chess when I suddenly sensed your presence. I knew it must be you coming back, so I came to pick you up!"

"And what about Old Man Hadessta?"

"Dad, he went to find Aunt Wattster and the others. They should be waiting for us on the mountaintop now! Sordil, let's hurry!"

"Good!"

And so, under Diphiya's leadership, Sordil and the others successfully reunited with Hadessta and the others.

"You brat! You left and never came back. Do you know how worried we were about you?"

Seeing the five stern-faced bigwigs, Sordil immediately backed down and quickly apologized to them.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! It's your unfilial son who has worried your five elderly parents!"

Hadessta wanted to say something more, but Wattster suddenly stopped him and whispered a few words in his ear. Then, Hadessta's tone changed completely; of course, his target was no longer Sordil, but Yelibell and Grandiere standing behind him.

"You two young ladies and everyone else have come a long way and must be tired. Please come with Diphiya to rest. We will soon host a welcome dinner for you all."

So, weary from their journey, Igneel and his companions, led by Diphiya, headed to their lodgings to rest. Once Igneel and the others were out of sight, Wattster laughed and scolded, "So, you little rascal, why were you so reluctant to come back? Turns out you were out dating two such beautiful girlfriends!"

"Mom, what nonsense are you talking about! They're not my girlfriends, they're just my ordinary friends."

Upon hearing Sordil's words, Wattster did not refute them, but instead stared at Sordil with a maternal smile.