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"Noah!"
The Fairy Tail mages cried out in delighted surprise.
"Noah Dreyar!"
The mages from the other guilds were equally overjoyed.
But Noah had no energy left to spare for anyone else. He merely gazed at the black Dragon King in the sky, his grip on the holy sword tightening bit by bit.
In the sky, Acnoella likewise saw Noah suddenly step forward.
To Acnoella, a mere human was nothing more than an ant, utterly unworthy of notice.
Even dragons were only Acnoella's prey. How could humans, who could not even resist dragons, be any different?
Therefore, Acnoella would never look a human in the eye.
Yet at this moment, Acnoella stared fixedly at Noah below.
Acnoella remembered that human's appearance clearly.
Seven years ago, on Tenrou Island, it had been this human before her who had stopped her from wreaking destruction and had even badly injured her.
It had taken Acnoella several whole years to recover from those injuries.
And upon closer inspection, although the wounds inflicted by Noah's world-cleaving strike from Ea had healed, a few scars still remained on Acnoella's black massive body, which was covered in mysterious patterns.
Remembering the pain she had suffered then, Acnoella's eyes immediately turned red.
"—Roarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr—"
A soul-shaking roar rang out once again, turning into rolling sound waves that burst forth and instantly scattered the thick clouds in the night sky. Violent currents of air surged in all directions.
Then, radiating savage fury, Acnoella dove toward the plaza below like an arrow loosed from a bow.
"Whoosh—!"
Her colossal black body