Chapter 25 A New Quest
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 25
Chapter Title: A New Quest
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"I-I can't move!
My body’s completely out of my control!
Damn it, what exactly is going on?!"
At this moment, outside the front doors of the Fairy Tail guild, Laxus discovered with a face full of horror that the closer his body got to the guild, the heavier it became.
"Interesting! Do you want to compete with me?"
The blond boy obviously didn't fly into a rage because of the gravity that suddenly fell onto his body. Instead, he became eager to try. Since someone didn't want him to enter the guild, then he would insist on going in...
"Move for me!"
As the magic power inside of Laxus violently surged, his body let out "creak, creak..." sounds. He forcefully pushed himself up from the ground while gritting his teeth tightly, and walked step by step toward the guild. Under this massive pressure, he could feel that the Dragon Lacrima in his heart was releasing streams of pure vitality, continuously modifying his body.
"I'm becoming stronger..."
Golden lightning lit up in Laxus's eyes. Every time he took a step forward, he would leave a deep footprint on the ground, and his body would grow a fraction stronger...
On the other side...
Just as Laxus was treating Evan's gravity as training.
The latter had already arrived at the second floor and started selecting a quest to his liking.
However, he scanned around and didn't spot any quest he wanted to do. Either the quests were too tedious, or the subjugation locations were too far from Magnolia, taking at least a few weeks or up to several months for a round trip. Evan, who valued efficiency, didn't plan to do these quests that required too much time and didn't yield high returns...
After thinking for a while, he directly bypassed the S-Class quest board and walked toward the deeper parts of the guild...
Inside there were even more difficult quests— SS-Class quests that surpassed S-Class quests, and above the SS-Class quests, 10-Year quests, and even the legendary 100-Year quests...
Normally, if an S-Class mage wanted to accept a quest above S-Class, they needed the Guild Master's consent to do so. However, right now the Guild Master Makarov wasn't here, so it couldn't be helped~
When Evan arrived in front of these dust-covered boards that, at a glance, had clearly been placed in the depths of the guild for a very long time, he scanned around, and his eyes landed on a subjugation quest.
"So it's this quest?!"
Evan muttered softly. His gaze ultimately locked onto a quest sheet that appeared incomparably vintage even among the crowd of dust-gathering high-danger quests.
So much so that the paper used to post the quest had already yellowed. Evan gently raised his hand, dusted off the dirt on the quest sheet, and then took it down.
"Calculating the time, it's about right...
Since that’s the case, let me be the one to complete this quest!"
After Evan finished speaking, his body floated up lightly, and he flew out of the guild directly from the window on the second floor.
Boom!!
It was also at the exact same time when he left that the pressure on Laxus's body suddenly vanished like a receding tide.
"Evan! I know you’re inside the guild. I’ve already become stronger. This time, I absolutely won’t lose to you."
Laxus walked into the guild, his blood boiling as he looked around. However, aside from the members drinking and shooting the breeze inside the guild, there was no trace of Evan at all.
"Ah..."
Laxus looked at the empty guild and fell into deep thought.
"Damn it, was I one step too late and let him run away?"
A long while later, Laxus muttered to himself, his words full of loneliness and helplessness.
"Hey, you blond little delinquent, what’re you feeling sad about all alone here?
If you have the time to feel sad, you might as well hurry up and complete quests, otherwise you’ll never catch up to Big Brother Evan in your entire life."
Just as Laxus was sighing with emotion on his own, Erza, who had finished eating her meal, arrived at the guild. She was preparing to try accepting her first quest.
"You're here, red-haired girl!"
Laxus glanced at Erza and spoke indignantly.
"Ah?! Picking a fight, are we?
Who’re you calling a red-haired girl?"
After hearing what the other had called her, the corners of Erza's eyes twitched slightly. Her hands lit up with light, summoning the iron swords she had just bought from town, which claimed to be the best in all of Magnolia, and pointed them at Laxus as she asked.
"Bastard...
You were the one who called me a blond little delinquent first, right?!
You want a fight?"
Laxus looked at Erza with a fake smile and asked.
"You want to fight, right?!"
"Do you think I'm afraid of you?"
Erza ignored the blond boy’s previous words and locked onto his final question. Her brain possessed a super strong ability to simplify and grasp the main point of someone’s drivel.
"Stop talking nonsense, come on!"
As Laxus spoke, endless lightning surged from his body.
Boom...
The iron swords in Erza's hands were also wrapped in pitch-black Armament Haki.
"Fight!"
"Fight!"
"Fight!"
The members inside the guild went about their daily "breaking up fights". While other guilds persuaded people not to fight, Fairy Tail was different. The guild’s version of breaking up a fight was persuading others not to talk nonsense, and if they could make a move, they shouldn't just run their mouths...
Whoever won the fight was in the right...
"Lightning Dragon's Breakdown Fist!"
"Flying Slash!"
Boom!
Instantly, amidst the cheering of the guild members, Laxus and Erza’s attacks collided. Suddenly, thunder echoed out, and the flashes of swords and shadows of blades filled the air!
Today was another day where five of the guild's tables were scrapped...
Makarov, who had returned to the guild, looked at the scrapped tables and the damaged ceiling.
While crying, he gave both Laxus and Erza a smack on the head each...
"Master, calm down!"
Macao did his daily hindsight routine, running over to persuade the Guild Master to calm down. In reality, during the commotion earlier, he was the one cheering the loudest.
"Damn it, leaving aside the fact that the bastard Gildarts went to do a quest...
I don't know where Evan went either, not properly keeping these two idiots, Erza and Laxus, in check!"
Makarov spoke angrily. Right now inside the guild, aside from Gildarts, only Evan possessed the strength to stop both Erza and Laxus.
Don't be fooled by the fact that Erza was only ten years old. She, who had all of her attributes reach level six, was already at a standard S-Class level...
As for Laxus, the thirteen-year-old boy also had strength approaching S-Class. When the two of them started fighting, with Makarov, Gildarts, and Evan all absent, not a single person in the entire guild could stop them from fighting.
"Umm, Big Brother Evan also left to complete a quest..."
Erza, who was currently sitting at the bar counter accepting Makarov's punishment — which required her to only sit and not be allowed to do anything else for three hours — raised her tender small hand and spoke to Makarov.
"What? Evan left to do a quest? Erza, Laxus, why didn't you say so earlier?"
After the Guild Master heard Erza's words, his heart jolted.
"You didn't ask us, you stinky old man!"
Laxus, who was sitting at the very end of the bar counter, answered Makarov, displeased.
Smack!
Then, in the next second, another red and swollen bump appeared on the blond boy’s head.
"Wait until the day you can defeat me before calling me a stinky old man! You brat!"
Makarov glared at Laxus with mild annoyance and retorted.
"Macao, watch these two and make sure that they sit here for the full three hours!
I'm going to see which quest Evan accepted!"
After Makarov finished speaking, his body floated up gently, drifting toward the second floor of the guild.
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T/N - Hey guys! I have a new novel I'm translating called "I Built a Savior Organization". It's a Chinese web novel about a guy with a saviour system going to different worlds to save them from their doomsdays. Try it out! Who knows, you might like it. ♥️
Also, I’ve put up a sale for all of my novels for a week including my new one, so enjoy! (06/12/26)
I have a feeling that Makarov’s about to have another heart attack in the next chapter. 😅
Also, I didn’t know that he could float. Maybe all powerful people have their own ways to float? It’s been a long time since I last read the manga, so I’m iffy with all the lore stuff and need to do some wiki searches to be sure. (Yes, I said manga. Never watched the anime)