Chapter 14 Yasakani no Magatama
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 14
Chapter Title: Yasakani no Magatama
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"That’s why I said that my big brother won’t lose..."
Erza looked up at the massive fireball, her expression calm, as if she had long anticipated Evan's strength.
"Crush!"
Facing this massive fireball, Gildarts's expression was composed and calm. He waved his hand toward the sky as it emitted a burst of white light.
Boom!
Instantly, the massive fireball Evan had enchanted was divided into countless fragments, ultimately vanishing into the sky above.
"So exaggerated..."
The crowd of guild members watching the battle were all dumbfounded at this moment. The beer and popcorn in some members' hands fell to the ground, yet they were completely unaware of it. They all stared at the sky with rapt attention.
"My fireball’s still too small. If it was Irene, she should be able to make one that can directly destroy Magnolia, right?"
Evan floated in the sky while feeling dissatisfied with the Enchantment Magic he had just released.
"You're actually thinking about destroying Magnolia?!"
Makarov's eyes widened. He had originally thought that Evan was the calm and composed type who wouldn't cause trouble, but looking at it now, he had overthought it. That type of mage simply wouldn't come to his Fairy Tail. Moreover, seeing the boy talk about destroying Magnolia in a calm tone, the Guild Master could already feel just how much trouble he would be causing in the future...
"It seems that I'll have to keep some self-reflection letters on hand from now on..."
The old man seemed to have already seen his future, running to the Magic Council every few days to continuously write self-reflection letters.
However, as a mage of Fairy Tail, one should have this kind of willfulness. The Magic Council? To hell with them!
"Gildarts won't lose, right?!"
Among the crowd of guild members at this moment, someone had already begun to mutter this softly with a guilty conscience.
"Gil... Gildarts definitely won't lose! He’s the strongest!"
Cana, who was wearing a plain white dress, weakly cheered for her father.
"That's not necessarily true. Big Brother Evan hasn't used his full strength yet!"
After hearing Cana's words, Erza shook her head.
"Brat, you almost set my hair on fire just now!
Using magic of this level at such close range is very dangerous, okay?"
Gildarts looked at the boy floating in the air and shouted loudly.
"If that is the case, then I'll change the attribute..."
Thinking this, Evan suddenly took a deep breath. In the next second, blue-white lightning spewed out from his mouth!
It was precisely one of the abilities of the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Beast Model, Azure Dragon!
"Could this be the same type of magic as Laxus's?"
Makarov looked at the scene of Evan spewing lightning from his mouth and felt shocked in his heart.
"Hey, hey, hey, besides flames, he can also use lightning?!
Truly surprising, however..."
Gildarts timely used his cloak to block Evan's lightning. His eyes were sharp, and in the next second, majestic magic power directly converged on his hand.
Instantly, Evan's lightning was smashed into countless fragments by Gildarts's Crush Magic.
"Sure enough, even lightning can be crushed..."
Evan wasn't surprised that Gildarts could crush his lightning. Although in the original work Gildarts never fought against Laxus, the former had once fought against a weakened version of God Serena. Inside Serena's body were Dragon Lacrimas of eight different attributes: water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, rock, light, and dark. This meant that Gildarts was very likely able to crush any magical element, including intangible magical elements like lightning, wind, and light.
"Brat, be careful..."
Gildarts looked at Evan, who was deep in thought, and offered the boy a brief reminder.
"Hmm?"
It was also at the instant that Gildarts's voice fell that Evan's Observation Haki sensed danger!
He saw that the white light of Gildarts's Crush Magic, after crushing Evan's lightning, showed no signs of stopping. Instead, it directly followed the lightning and enveloped Evan, instantly covering his body.
"Sorry about this, brat, but I'm going to end this battle!"
As Gildarts spoke, the hand pointing at Evan’s direction slightly exerted force and clenched into a fist. Instantly, the latter’s body was crushed by the former, turning the boy into a cluster of light.
"It's over..."
Gildarts looked at Evan, who was hit by his magic in the sky, and spoke plainly.
"So Gildarts won after all, huh?"
The guild members watching from afar, after seeing Gildarts's calm expression, revealed 'as expected' expressions one after another.
"Phew... That’s a relief! But Evan’s really strong!"
"Yeah! Yeah! He already has the strength of an S-Class mage, right?"
"Master, why don't you just make an exception this time and promote Evan directly to an S-Class mage? I think his strength is completely sufficient, right?"
The crowd of guild members who had breathed sighs of relief because Gildarts had won, looked at Makarov standing in front of them and proposed.
"Rejected!
No matter who it is, they must abide by the rules of Fairy Tail!
Only those who participate in the S-Class Mage Promotional Trial and pass can be granted the title of an S-Class mage in the guild. Otherwise, no matter how strong they are, it’s absolutely not allowed!"
Makarov crossed his arms in front of his chest, stubbornly insisting that everything must be done according to the rules.
"Master Makarov, aren't you being a bit too serious?"
Hearing this, the guild members complained one after another.
"Shut up! Idiots! Those are the rules!"
Makarov retorted at the people behind him while emphasizing the word 'rules'.
"Hahahaha..."
The old man’s words only made the crowd of Fairy Tail members laugh heartily. They seemed to be laughing at the fact that their Master actually brought up the word 'rules'. Did their Fairy Tail even have those?
"..."
Listening to the loud laughter of the group of silly children behind him who didn’t show him any respect in the slightest, Makarov guiltily lowered his head. Yes, even he himself felt a bit guilty about the word 'rules'. In fact, in Fairy Tail, aside from not being allowed to harm companions and family and not being allowed to leak information detrimental to the guild, all other rules could be broken.
Makarov had always believed that magic should be free, and only freedom could cultivate the best mages.
"I'm thirsty after fighting!
As expected, it's best to go back to the guild and drink a few mugs of refreshing, ice-cold beer!"
Gildarts's expression carried a bit of fatigue. Right now, he just wanted to hurry back inside the guild and drink a whole large mug of beer.
Pew~
However, just as Gildarts was preparing to leave, a beam of light suddenly fell from the sky, shooting directly onto the ground where he was about to walk on.
"Hmm?!"
Gildarts looked at the scorched earth below him. He was first stunned for a moment, and then he looked toward the sky with a solemn expression.
Up above, he saw the boy who should have been hit by his Disassembly Magic. In Gildarts's eyes, if Evan was hit by his Disassembly Magic, he should have already turned into countless mini-Evans, losing his combat ability as a result...
But the boy didn’t turn into countless mini-Evans as Gildarts had expected. Instead, he turned into clusters of golden light. Under the gazes of Gildarts and the others, Evan first condensed his finger, then his palm, his arm, half of his body, and ultimately his whole appearance while floating in the sky above.
"Hey, hey, hey?!
You can even use such troublesome magic?"
Gildarts looked at Evan, who could turn himself into an element, and revealed a troubled expression. What he hated the most was fighting with this kind of intangible mage.
"I see, I was careless just now. Then next, I’m going to get serious!
Be careful, Gildarts!"
After Evan finished speaking, his body directly transformed into countless clusters of golden light, spreading up above very quickly and illuminating half the sky.
"Yasakani no Magatama!"
As soon as Evan's voice echoed out, countless flashes of light shot down toward Gildarts!
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T/N - The flight's heating up! Honestly though, I wonder how you’d hit someone with something as busted as Logia’s intangibility? I mean, Haki isn’t exactly a known technique in the Fairy Tail world. And the author just confirmed that even Gildart’s Crush Magic can’t get through the MC’s intangibility. So I wonder how the author plans to handle this in the future?