"You—!"
Kylkornis was so infuriated that it choked, its soul projection trembling violently in midair.
It widened its enormous eyes and roared fiercely at Natsu.
"Shut up, you rude food!"
"If I still had a physical body, I would've swallowed you whole at once!"
"Come on, then! Who's afraid of who?" Natsu shot back without backing down.
"Enough, Natsu. Stop making trouble and let it continue."
Lu Chongwei stepped forward, stopping the restless Natsu as he looked up at the dragon's phantom.
"What happened next? How did this civil war end?"
Kylkornis shot Natsu a vicious glare, forcibly suppressing the rage in its heart.
After calming itself, it continued recounting the long-buried past.
"That war between dragons shattered the heavens and earth. The land split apart, seawater surged inland, and mountains crumbled."
"But the coexistence faction and the opposition faction were evenly matched. The battle remained deadlocked for a long time, with neither side able to claim victory."
"Until the coexistence faction made an utterly insane decision."
Kylkornis's voice was steeped in bone-deep hatred.
"They actually taught humanity the magic exclusive to dragons."
"They allowed human Mages to bear the power of dragons, creating the first Dragon Slayers—the Dragon Slayers you know today."
At those words, Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy all froze.
They had always believed Dragon Slayer Magic was a righteous power used to fight evil.
They had never imagined that the origin of this power lay in the dragons' own civil war.
"Humanity's involvement completely shattered the balance of the war."
Kylkornis sighed softly.
"The rise of the Dragon Slayers turned the tide, and the battle shifted completely in favor of the coexistence faction."
"We of the opposition faction suffered defeat after defeat, with no power to fight back."
"But no one expected an even greater disaster to