A year flew by. Apart from coming out of the Time Magic Circle for a few hours of rest each month, Natsu and the others spent all their time inside it. With ten extra years at their disposal, their combat strength had already caught up to the main force's level. Igneel and the other Dragon Kings had also rapidly grown into Ultimate Forms over those ten years. This was mainly because they already had excellent foundations in combat power—they were essentially reincarnators cultivating anew, without any bottlenecks.
During that year, Allen organized a large-scale inspection across all three continents during the first half of the year. The Ten Saints-level wizards conducted sweeps across the entire world and indeed exterminated the Magic Beasts in several places before they could run amok. Perhaps because of this, the Ankhseram God went into hiding once again.
However, in March of X785, while Ultear was studying with Dialga as usual inside the Trial Magic Circle, Dialga suddenly turned its gaze outside the circle and said to her, "Ultear, I can sense the flow of time outside. It's possible that your enemies have begun to make their move. Judging from what I can sense, this flow of time is connected to four hundred years ago. Hurry out and discuss a countermeasure with Allen."
Ultear immediately realized how serious the matter was. She nodded at Dialga and directly exited the Trial Magic Circle, while Dialga continued staring at the sky visible through the circle.
After leaving the Trial Magic Circle, Ultear also sensed the flow of time in this world. She immediately found Allen and told him about what Dialga and she had discovered.
Allen immediately fired a beam of magical power into the sky, where it exploded. At the same time, he took a button from