Chapter 13 Evan vs Gildarts
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 13
Chapter Title: Evan vs. Gildarts
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In a corner of the Fairy Tail guild...
"Of course not..."
Erza crossed her arms in front of her chest to form an X while simultaneously shaking her head.
Evan was her big brother! How could he be a stranger's illegitimate child?
However, she had heard Irene say that Evan wasn’t her biological brother...
But speaking of which...
There were so many magic guilds in this world, so why did Evan insist on joining Fairy Tail, of all places?
And then there was his hair, which was almost the exact same color as that middle-aged man named Gildarts...
Thinking of this, beads of sweat fell from Erza's forehead.
Mainly because this thought was truly terrifying the more she dug deeper. She couldn't help but overthink...
To the point that in the end, even Erza herself became a bit unsure.
"So, he should, probably, not be... right?!"
Erza looked at Cana and replied hesitantly.
"So, is he, or is he not?"
Cana felt like her heart was going to break. She had already been in Fairy Tail for two years. During these two years, she was never able to muster up the courage to tell Gildarts that he was her father.
However, this wasn't the most painful part. The most painful part was that in these two years, not only was she not able to tell Gildarts about this fact, but then, someone who seemed to be her half-brother appeared out of nowhere...
At this moment, Cana was already speechless.
"Laxus was instantly defeated?!"
"Is that brat a monster?"
"I heard that the kid wants to challenge Gildarts?!"
"Really?"
Just as Cana and Erza were conversing, the entire guild was suddenly in an uproar. One by one, the guild members put down their beer mugs and surrounded Evan and Gildarts.
It could be seen that at this moment, the two were confronting each other. Between them lay a blonde boy frothing at the mouth. Yes, that blonde boy was precisely Laxus.
"Gildarts is going to fight someone?!"
Cana was stunned. It seemed that ever since she had joined the guild, no one had challenged Gildarts. The man had always been the strongest, most invincible existence in Fairy Tail.
"Big brother clearly said it himself that it's best not to cause a big disturbance! He really doesn't let people have peace of mind!"
Hearing that Evan was going to battle Gildarts, Erza instantly put her hands on her hips, furrowed her delicate brows, and complained.
"Anyway, let's go over together and take a look!"
Erza sighed, looked at her newly made friend Cana beside her, and gave the latter an invitation.
"Alright!"
Hearing this, Cana nodded gently.
At the same time...
"Are you sure you want to fight me?"
Gildarts looked at Evan with a smile on his face.
"Mm! I want to see the gap between myself and the guild's strongest."
Evan nodded. He could feel that the magic power inside Gildarts's body was above his own. Simply put, the man in front of him was an existence with a non-human level of magic power, a genuine monster.
However, this was also a given. One must know that Gildarts was a monster who could survive the Black Dragon Acnologia. Even in a situation where he had lost his left arm, left leg, and some internal organs, with bandages still wrapped around his body, his injuries not fully healed, and him still feeling dull pain from his wounds...
He could still suppress the second-in-command of the dark mage guild Grimoire Heart — which was formed by Fairy Tail's Second Guild Master, Precht — the great mage known to leave no blade of grass alive, Bluenote Stinger, and even instantly defeat Bluenote when he got serious!
As for the strength of this Grimoire Heart second-in-command, it was claimed that Bluenote could rival the top five of the Wizard Saints.
In other words, Bluenote's strength was at a level that could compete with Jura seven years later! This was also the so-called limit of humans...
In Evan's view, the currently uninjured Gildarts was even stronger than his future version, who would be heavily injured by the Black Dragon many years later!
He was probably only second to the Gildarts who, one year after the Fairy Tail guild disbanded, had nurtured his body back to health and had returned from training— the one who could exchange a few blows with the Magic King August...
"Interesting...
Then shall we go outside and spar a little? With our strength, if we fought inside this guild, the Master would probably cry, right?"
Gildarts looked around at his surroundings and, seeing the crowding people, shook his head slightly. The guild was too small. Whether it was for him or for Evan, they wouldn't be able to let loose inside.
"Alright..."
Evan nodded gently.
"Then how about going to the mountain behind the guild? Generally, no one will disturb us there!"
Gildarts proposed.
"Sure!"
Evan nodded. No matter where they fought, it didn't matter to him.
"Follow me!"
After Gildarts finished speaking, he draped on his cloak and walked toward the outside of the guild.
"Mm."
As Evan agreed, his body became light and airy, floating up from the ground.
The two proceeded toward the back mountain just like that.
As for Laxus, who was lying between the two of them, he had already been completely forgotten by them.
"Let's go, let’s hurry and watch the show!"
The mages inside the guild who were watching Gildarts and Evan plan and schedule their fight, ran out of the guild excitedly one by one.
By the time the two found a good spot on the back mountain, the area around them was already filled with people. Even Makarov had tossed guild matters aside to come to the back mountain.
The Guild Master was seen holding a small box in his hands while continuously hawking.
"Selling beer and popcorn in the front row!"
Behind him were boxes of beer and snacks that he had carried with him using his Giant Magic...
Aside from this, Makarov also had another side gig.
"The betting pool’s open, the betting pool’s open! Bet on Gildarts to win by buying red, bet on the super rookie Evan to win by buying blue! Everyone take a gamble now, and next year you'll be driving a limited edition magic four-wheel drive!"
The old man continuously managed many things smoothly. As the Guild Master of Fairy Tail, he chose to take the lead in opening a gambling pool.
As for whether Makarov would feel guilty by opening a gambling pool to make money— laughable. God knows how many times a year he had to wipe the asses of this group of brats. Every time they caused trouble, how much money did he need to spend?!
If he didn't squeeze some cash out of these brats now, his conscience would actually hurt instead.
"I'll bet ten thousand Jewels on Gildarts winning!"
Wakaba, with a pipe in his mouth, symbolically took out ten thousand Jewels.
In fact, no one took this gambling pool seriously. Everyone was just playing along symbolically, just for a bit of fun.
"I'll also buy Gildarts’s..."
"Gildarts, ten thousand Jewels!"
"As expected, Gildarts absolutely won’t lose..."
Following the opening of the betting pool, it became an almost entirely one-sided situation. Everyone bet that Gildarts would win.
"If you all bet on Gildarts, this betting pool can't operate!"
Makarov wanted to cry, but he had no tears to shed. Even so, actually, he had also bet that Gildarts would win.
"I'll bet one hundred thousand Jewels on Big Brother Evan winning!"
However, just when everyone had bet on Gildarts winning, a distinct voice slowly rang out.
"Eh?!"
Hearing this voice, everyone was stunned. In fact, no one thought that anyone would buy a victory for anyone other than Gildarts.
"Who? Who bet on Evan winning?"
When Makarov heard the voice too, he was so moved that teardrops flickered in his eyes. He excitedly asked exactly who had bet on Evan.
"Me!"
In the crowd, Erza raised her small hand. In her hand was precisely a one-hundred-thousand Jewel banknote.
"Very good! Erza!"
Makarov held the little girl’s hand with an excited face. As he took the banknote from her hand and put it away, he looked at the other people in the guild and spoke with dissatisfaction.
"You should all learn from Erza. Who said that Evan will definitely lose?"
"Master, don't just talk about us! You can bet on Evan winning too, you know!"
Macao walked in front of Makarov with a smile and teased the old man.
"Uh, as for me! Cough, cough, I bet on Gildarts to win, and there’s a reason for it..."
Makarov turned his head away, not daring to look into Macao's eyes.
"Isn't it just because you also want to win money?!"
The other guild members looked at their Guild Master’s appearance and complained one after another.
"Shut up! I’m the Guild Master here!"
Seeing that he was exposed, Makarov immediately brought out his identity as the Guild Master to suppress everyone.
"Tch..."
However, the members of Fairy Tail didn't buy the old man’s shameless act at all.
At the same time, between Gildarts and Evan, someone made the first move!
The one who made the first move... was Evan!
The magic power inside his body surged violently...
"Enchant Flame!"
In an instant, Evan enchanted flames onto the air!
"Boom!"
Immediately after, the air in front of Gildarts was directly ignited!
At the same time, the crowd watching the battle from behind only saw a large flame before their eyes. They watched helplessly as a massive fireball with a radius of a full dozen meters rose up in front of them without any warning! That fireball was like a miniature sun! The terrifying temperature seemed as if it was going to ignite the surrounding trees...
"You're joking, right? Such a big fireball?!"
"Could it be… that this brat’s a genuine monster?!"
The crowd of Fairy Tail members watching the battle from behind stared at the massive fireball as the heatwave hit their faces, their eyes widening one after another.
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T/N - Here we go!