Above the ruins before the imperial palace of the Alvarez Empire.
Ye Chuan.
Emperor Zeref.
Dragon King Acnologia.
Three terrifying beings at the very pinnacle of the age formed a suffocating three-way standoff at that moment.
The entire battlefield fell into deathly silence.
The terrifying auras radiating from the three were utterly different, yet each was powerful enough to warp the laws of reality.
Even the air seemed to have been completely frozen by them.
Far away, at the Fairy Tail guild in Magnolia.
Every member watched with unbearable tension through the magical images Laxus had constructed with a spell formula, witnessing this final moment that could decide the fate of the entire world.
Every one of them held their breath, their hearts pounding from extreme tension.
They knew that what would happen next was a clash of legends beyond anything they could imagine in their lifetimes.
On the battlefield.
The first to break that suffocating balance was Acnologia.
"ROOOAR-!!"
He let out a furious dragon roar that shook the heavens!
Yet his target was not Ye Chuan, who had displayed terrifying strength enough to rival his own.
It was his fated enemy-the Black Mage, Zeref!
In his eyes, Zeref, who bore the curse of immortality and was the source of the entire continent's True Magic, was the first target he had to eliminate in his quest to destroy everything!
As Ye Chuan watched, there was not the slightest surprise in his deep eyes.
Just as expected.
He understood.
The dragon wanted to destroy everything, while Zeref's very existence was an immortal source of True Magic.
To Acnologia, Zeref was naturally a higher-priority target than an outsider like himself, one who had to be utterly eliminated.
"Fine..."
A cold curve formed at the corner of Ye Chuan's mouth.
"You