From Zeref's vantage point, high above Wolf Island, at the ten-thousand-meter altitude where Achill stood supreme, an enormous figure shrouded in dense icy mist slowly withdrew the savage arm it had extended beyond the white fog...
"Whoosh..." The figure trembled slightly, and a hurricane swept out, instantly blowing away every trace of the thick white mist surrounding it—
"Ice Wheel, Condemnation, Hōzukimaru!" With his feet planted in empty air as though it were solid ground, Achill stood proudly ten thousand meters above the earth! He gazed impassively at the enormous figure hurtling straight downward like a gigantic meteor shell. His eyes held nothing but solemn, detached coldness. "Go!"
"ROAR!" The moment he spoke, another earthshaking roar erupted! Just as Acnologia was about to crash onto Wolf Island below, black-and-blue light flashed through the air, and a terrifying body even larger than his suddenly appeared beneath him—
Amid glittering flashes of icy blue light, a thick, savage black tail completely encased in azure ice whipped through the air and smashed viciously into Acnologia's armored back!
Enormous force erupted! Breaking through countless barriers of air and space, it paused for a fleeting instant before launching Acnologia's massive body upward again, all the way back to his previous altitude of ten thousand meters!
"SCREECH!" Only then did the violent friction of the collision tearing through the air produce a piercing shriek that nearly ruptured eardrums!
"ROAR!" Acnologia roared furiously in pain. The instant that unexpected strike hurled him ten thousand meters into the air, he summoned his magic and beat his wings to steady himself! His enormous, gold-glinting eyes fixed a cold, furious stare on the colossal figure below that had ambushed him twice—
Its entire body gleamed with a deep-black, chilling metallic luster. A pair of long, curved horns, encased and extended