Chapter 15 The Powerful Gildarts
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 15
Chapter Title: The Powerful Gildarts
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"Hey, hey, hey!"
"You're joking, right?!"
"Evan wasn't taken down?"
The crowd of Fairy Tail spectators watching the battle, seeing the completely unharmed Evan, revealed shocked expressions one after another.
"Wait, that’s very bad..."
At the same time, the moment the boy released Yasakani no Magatama, some mages revealed anxious expressions.
Boom!
In the next second, countless lasers fell onto the ground of the back mountain. Each shot blasted a massive deep crater about ten meters in diameter into the earth!
"Retreat! Retreat first..."
Seeing the countless rain of lasers, some mages continuously retreated backward in order to avoid being accidentally injured.
Boom!
Instantly, the crowd cleared out a large empty space, leaving only Gildarts alone to face the Yasakani no Magatama.
"Gildarts!!"
Cana looked at the middle-aged mage, who was standing in the empty space and was gradually revealing a smile as he looked at the rain of light in the sky, and shouted nervously.
"Dangerous!"
Makarov, who had been paying attention to everyone's safety the whole time, suddenly elongated his arm. He directly yanked Cana from the front and put her behind him, firmly protecting her.
It was also shortly after the Guild Master took Cana away that a laser landed relatively close to where Cana had previously been standing, blasting a large crater.
"Hmm!?"
"Haha..."
Gildarts seemed to have heard Cana's shout. He lowered his head and revealed a gentle smile toward the girl.
In the next second, he was swallowed by the rain of lasers.
Boom!
Countless beams landed right where Gildarts stood, directly blasting up layers of earth. The terrifying rain of light made it so that even the aftershocks prevented anyone present from getting close to him.
"No way!"
"Could Gildarts have been directly taken down?"
A guild member looked at the endless rain of light before him, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and couldn't help but ask.
After all, the power of this rain of light was too astonishing.
If it were them in Gildarts’s shoes, they would probably have already been bombed into flying ash and annihilated...
"Gildarts..."
Listening to the other members mutterings, Cana became even more worried in her heart.
"It's fine. Gildarts’s Fairy Tail's strongest mage!"
Makarov, who was protecting Cana behind him on the side, seemed to see the little girl’s worry. His broad palm gently stroked her head as he spoke softly.
"Mm!"
Hearing Guild Master Makarov's words, Cana nodded heavily. She believed in Makarov, she believed in the Guild Master.
Boom!
When a gust of howling wind blew past, the shower of light finally stopped. A cloud of smoke and dust obscured everyone's vision, making it impossible to see exactly how Gildarts, who was hit dead-on by the rain of light, was doing.
It wasn't until a burst of light lit up, crushing the endless smoke and dust, that Gildarts's full appearance was revealed to the crowd. The cloak on his body was covered in holes. Obviously, the worn-out cloak was already scrapped.
As for Gildarts himself, his body was completely unharmed, and his eyes flickered with radiant brilliance.
"Evan, I'm going to get serious too!"
Gildarts seemed to have felt his blood boil after a long time. He stomped his foot forcefully, and instantly, the ground shattered under his Crush Magic. Following this, he directly flew into the sky using this move’s impact force.
"Hey, hey, hey?! So what do we do now?"
"The ground’s collapsing..."
"We're going to fall!"
"Aren't we doomed?"
However, the crowd of Fairy Tail members watching the battle on the side weren't so lucky. As Gildarts crushed the ground of the back mountain cliff, they instantly lost their footing one by one, falling from high up in the air.
"That's why I said not to go watch Gildarts's battles!"
Macao, as a veteran in the guild, calmly enjoyed this sensation of weightlessness while standing shoulder-to-shoulder with death. At a glance, it was obvious that he had a rich experience.
"Aren't we definitely dead this time?"
A guild member held his head and cried bitterly.
"Brats! Hold on tight!"
Just as the crowd of guild members were continuously shouting and screaming in fear, they heard the composed and calm voice of Makarov as the old man’s body lit up with golden light!
Warm and terrifying magic power instantly surged from within the Guild Master’s body. He then expanded in size at a speed visible to the naked eye. The originally hundred-meter tall cliff became a small dirt pit in front of the massive Makarov. He landed on the ground at an extremely fast speed while simultaneously spreading his arms around to gather the crowd of guild members into his embrace.
"Phew..."
"Thank goodness the Master was with us..."
Lying in Makarov's embrace, the crowd slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Feeling the warmth transmitting from the Guild Master’s chest, they felt an inexplicable sense of security.
"Why did you guys think that I came along with you group of brats?"
Makarov lectured the brats in his embrace. In fact, the reason why he had hurriedly ran over her after tossing the knocked-out Laxus to Porlyusica was, on one hand, to sell drinks and make money, but more so to prevent Gildarts from hurting this group of idiots after he got red-eyed from fighting.
After all, Gildarts was an idiot among idiots. Once he got excited, he completely disregarded his surroundings and frequently made a chaotic mess of the town. Not guarding against him simply wouldn't do...
‘But speaking of which, Evan’s even stronger than I imagined!
This level of strength is already enough to defeat the bottom few of the Wizard Saints...
Perhaps it wouldn't be a big deal even if I grant him the title of S-Class mage in advance?
No, no, rules are rules…’
Just as Makarov was thinking about whether to grant Evan the S-Class title in advance, in the sky, Gildarts and the boy in question engaged in a fierce battle.
"Hah!"
With a sonic boom, Gildarts instantly arrived in front of Evan. He fiercely punched toward the latter with a tightly clenched fist.
Facing the middle-aged mage’s fist, Evan's expression remained unchanged as he crossed his arms in front of his body.
Boom!
Accompanied by a roar, Evan, who was hit by Gildarts's punch, became a streak of light and instantly landed deep in the forest, directly knocking down rows of trees.
Buzz~
However, the boy transformed into golden light right after and flew out of the deep crater completely unharmed, returning to his human form.
"Crush!"
Just as Evan regained his figure, a large hand glowing with white light had already appeared in front of his face.
"Hmm..."
Evan's pupils violently shrank. Gildarts's speed had exceeded his Observation Haki. Was it magic?
Before he could think further, the white light instantly brightened!
Boom!!!
The entire forest, along with three tall mountains in the distance, were instantly blasted into countless clods of dirt. Tens of thousands of trees were launched directly into the sky.
"That's too much, right?!"
The crowd of Fairy Tail members lying in the Guild Master’s embrace, which could be considered watching from the VIP spectator seats, stared with wide eyes at the vanished forest and tall mountains.
Buzz!
In the air, Evan, who had used his Observation Haki to elementalize in advance and dodge Gildarts's attack, slowly appeared among the countless trees that had been blasted away.
"Ah, you turned into light again and dodged, huh?"
Gildarts looked at the boy in the air and muttered to himself.
"Gildarts...
Let me show you this move!"
Evan floated into the sky and clasped his hands together. Instantly, an invisible gravity wave rose from his body and rushed toward the heavens.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
Time passed second by second, and it seemed like nothing had happened.
"What happened?!"
"Could it be that the magic had failed?"
The crowd of Fairy Tail members lying in their VIP seats (the Guild Master’s chest) looked at Evan, who had his hands clasped together. They instinctively believed that things were absolutely not that simple, thinking that Evan would release some grand magic that would shock them. But seeing the time pass by with still no magical activity, they couldn't help but question what had happened.
However, Makarov, who was holding the crowd of mages in his embrace, suddenly felt bursts of palpitations in his heart. He looked toward the sky thoughtfully and muttered to himself.
"Hey, hey, hey, no way..."
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T/N - So, any guesses as to what Makarov saw? I’ll give you a hint. Think of a certain blind admiral from One Piece.
Also, that’s quite irresponsible of the MC, spreading his Yasakani no Magatama to the audience like that. So he’s the same type as Gildarts, who also put the audience in harm’s way in this chapter. Well, that’s basically most, if not all, of Fairy Tail anyway, so you could say that the MC perfectly fits in with his new guild.