"Phew~"
Allen suddenly let out a long breath, forcing himself to calm down. After a while, he turned to Precht and said, "Let's go. We'll head to Alakitasia first and see what the situation on the front lines is like."
Precht nodded in agreement.
The two of them quickly flew into the sky, with Allen using his magic to accelerate them both.
After accelerating, they even broke through the sound barrier. If not for the protection of magic, Precht definitely wouldn't have been able to endure it. The price was that the magic power inside Allen's body was being depleted extremely quickly.
Two and a half hours later, Allen and Precht arrived within Albares. The reason they didn't head straight to the frontline battlefield was that Allen needed to preserve a certain amount of combat strength. Thus, after entering Albares, they stopped to rest for a while. Allen also contacted Zeref from there.
The communicator connected after ringing twice. However, the voice that came from the other end wasn't Zeref's, but August's. Moreover, August sounded seriously injured.
"Cough, cough, cough... Allen, you're finally back. That's wonderful."
Allen never expected that one day he would hear August speak those words in such a tone.
"I'm back. I'm already in Albares. How are things on your side?"
After coughing twice, August said weakly, "When we returned to Albares earlier, the Eclipse Gate had just closed. There were over a hundred Dragon Kings leading the assault, and the number of other dragons exceeded ten thousand. Fortunately, we returned in time and immediately organized defensive forces."
"When the dragons launched their first attack, Father, Irene, and I stepped forward and killed ten Dragon Kings directly, giving them a warning. However, those Dragon Kings were all extremely experienced in warfare. They specifically sent twenty Dragon