Ren sighed. "Well... so much for all that effort!"
As he spoke, he spotted a severed arm dripping Black Blood. It belonged to the Black Dragon. Since the Black Dragon had a physical body, the arm that had been bitten off would not dissolve into magic particles.
Ren stared at the severed arm. The flames left by the Fire Dragon King finally died down, and the moment they did, a fiery red gem appeared.
The gem danced amid the flames, seeming to shape them into a roaring fire dragon. A Dragon Mark was etched across its surface.
Ren stared in surprise. "Could that be... a Dragon Crystal?"
The gem had emerged from the Fire Dragon King's dying flames. It was clearly connected to him, and what else could it be but a Dragon Crystal?
In the Fairy Tail World, fusing a Dragon Crystal into one's body granted the power to use Dragon Slayer Magic. That Ancient Magic was formidable!
Ren watched the Dragon Crystal flutter for a moment before it landed beside the Black Dragon's severed arm.
The Black Blood flowing from the arm instantly engulfed the fiery gem. The gem turned black, and the fire dragon within it darkened as well. The gem absorbed the Black Blood, burned through it, then sank into the Black Dragon's severed arm!
The sudden turn left Ren baffled. "The Black Dragon and the Fire Dragon King are merging? What is this supposed to do?"
Ren shook his head with a rueful smile. Things from the Fairy Tail World had never followed common sense. He might as well watch and take it in stride.
With a flick of his finger, Ren sent the arm and Dragon Crystal flying into a distant palace. He had built it to store treasures he had collected, though many