Starting with Hyuga, traversing countless heavens

"I bet 10,000 J, and the newbie can only last ten minutes."

"Three thousand J, five minutes."

……

Lisanna was getting anxious. It was clear from the fact that the group was betting heavily on Erza that Erza was quite powerful.

Lisanna jumped directly onto the counter, while Hinata Hoshino tilted his head and deliberately acted cute. Lisanna seemed a little anxious, which was unusual given her personality.

"Big brother, I know you can persuade them. Please, I don't want my sister to get hurt."

"Alright, but my name is Hoshino Zhang. You can call me Hoshino-nii, but you can't call me Big Brother anymore."

"Lisanna, there's no need to beg anyone. I'll definitely win. She's just a mere armored girl."

"A flat plain? Don't underestimate me. Watch my Black Armor..."

"Accept the magic, demon arm, take this!"

"Macao, keep an eye on the counter for me. I'm going to teach those two troublemakers a lesson."

Wakaba was getting anxious. What should be done about Hyuga Hoshino's involvement? After thinking for a moment, Wakaba realized something was wrong. He hadn't bet on either side. He was the house, and he would win everything.

Wakaba excitedly prepared to collect the money, while the rest of the guild members rubbed their hands together, watching Wakaba with eager anticipation. "What do you want to do, Wakaba?"

"Help!"

Lisanna became even more worried, feeling that this guild was strange and the members didn't seem like good people.

"Don't worry, little girl. I'm the guild leader, Makarov. It's an old tradition. Would you like to join the guild?"

"Yes, but I want to be with my sister."

"No problem, Hoshino is quick."

Chapter 258 The Aura of the Water God

Hinata Hoshino took two little girls, one in each hand, to the desolate wilderness. If you asked what his purpose was, well… he wanted to turn hostility into friendship.

"Let me go, Hoshino! I'm going to teach her a lesson about the consequences of wasting food!"

"Man, let me go! Today I'll show this armored woman who's in charge!"

"pia, pia..."

The two blushed slightly. "Have you calmed down a bit?"

Erza gritted her teeth and finally managed to squeeze out a sentence through gritted teeth: "You shameless bastard, pay me back for the cake."

Erza ran away, faster and faster, while Mira looked at Hinata Hoshino like an angry little lion.

"Receive the magic, Demon Arm, Dark Torrent, Die!"

Hinata Hoshino flicked his finger, shattering the dark energy flow before him.

"Dark Spark, prepare to die, prepare to die..."

Hyuga Hoshino calmly dodged, then slapped Mira again from behind. "Damn it, it's swollen! Waaaaaah!"

After the initial anger came tears. Hinata Hoshino watched Mira cover her face and pretend to cry, occasionally peeking through her fingers to observe Hinata Hoshino's movements. Who could not tell that she was faking it?

"He's still just a kid," Hinata Hoshino shook his head. "He's obviously trying to trick him into going there to kill him. Who would fall for that?"

"Woooooooo..."

Hinata Hoshino looked at Mira, and suddenly there was no trace of acting. The tears that slid down her fingers made Hinata Hoshino feel a little numb. After thinking for a moment, she moved closer to Mira to take a look.

"Hiss, we've been tricked! Look, he's blowing his nose and confessing."

Hinata Hoshino chuckled softly; it was a genuine cry, and also a genuine trap. He grasped Mira's wrist, forcibly dispelling the receiving magic, and wiped away her tears and snot, leaving her filthy.

"Don't think that you can make me ignore your rudeness now. I will never forget it for the rest of my life."

"Good good."

It's like coaxing children; Hinata Hoshino is getting used to it. Back in Maoshan, those kids came in batches, like harvesting leeks.

Back in Fairy Tail, Erza was waiting for something in a seat to the side. Hinata Hoshino smiled, took out a strawberry cake and placed it in front of Erza. Erza smiled, raised her fork, then put it down again, as if she had thought of something. "Not enough!"

"Then ten?"

Erza couldn't help but swallow hard. Hyuga Hoshino's cooking skills were undeniably outrageous, with golden special effects that could practically blind anyone.

Erza was reluctant to eat just one and wanted more. Hinata Hoshino raised the price to ten, and Erza was tempted, but remained unmoved.

"One hundred?"

"Mmm! Delicious! I want a hundred of them too!"

Mira's limping gait drew somewhat subtle glances from the other guild members. However, Mira had a clear objective: she snatched Erza's fork and devoured the strawberry cake in one bite.

Hinata Hoshino's expression was also somewhat subtle. He looked at his fist, then looked down at it. The cake was at least the size of his fist. How did he manage to eat it in one bite?

"Ugh! Strawberry cake, you violent woman."

Mira revealed a smug smile, hiding behind Hinata Hoshino, and said in a teasing tone, "Oh, brother, sister is so scary. I just accidentally ate some cake, how can sister be so scary? I would never do that if it were me. Brother must have worked very hard to make the cake. I would not be like sister. I would only feel sorry for brother!"

Hinata Hoshino remained silent, and the guild fell into a deathly silence. Hinata Hoshino's lips twitched slightly; he was somewhat thirsty.

"Aaaaaah! Violent woman!"

Erza pulled out her greatsword, and Makarov covered his forehead. "Erza, let me process Mira and the others' membership paperwork first."

Erza backed down, but judging from her expression, she was basically saying, "Don't leave after school!"

Hinata Hoshino took out a new strawberry cake and placed it on Erza's table. Erza protected the cake with her hand, looking around warily.

A group of children, including Hinata Hoshino, head towards the basement library.

In the Fairy Tail underground library, Hinata Hoshino closed his book, his expression somewhat puzzling.

The books that Hinata Hoshino was reading were mostly ancient books from hundreds of years ago, but there were no records of gods in them, only vague mentions of a place and two gods.

Mildian, the ancient city of time, was dedicated to Chronos, the god of time. Also, there was Ankhseram, the god who cursed Zeref.

The only other record is of the God-Slaying Magic, but there is no record of how to cultivate it.

It feels like the dragons and gods in the Fairy Tail world are somewhat ill; the magic they teach is either to kill dragons or gods.

I wonder if the Blue Silver God King of the Blood Transformation Realm is afraid of God-Slaying Magic. I'll give it a try if I get the chance.

Hinata Hoshino scratched his head. If he weren't strong enough, who knows how long it would take to read all these books.

"Hoshino-nii!"

"Oh, it's Levy. You've come to read a book?"

"Yes, someone has commissioned me to translate a book, and I'm here to see if I have any references to compare it with."

"Did you give me the book?"

"This is the one."

Hinata Hoshino took the book from Levy's hand, opened it, and said, "It's in the language of the dragon race."

"Dragon script? Can Hoshino-kun understand it?"

"Yes, it's very simple."

Hinata Hoshino ruffled Levy's hair. Levy's eyes sparkled with starlight, which Hinata Hoshino found somewhat dazzling.

"Wow, Hoshino-nii is amazing!"

Hinata Hoshino smiled and began translating, while Levy took out the sketching quill pen that Hinata Hoshino had crafted and began taking notes.

"One day, a door appeared in the sky, and I could feel an aura that did not belong to this era. I didn't have time to think about it."

Then I saw my brethren, those wicked dragons, stepping through the gate. Through the gate, I saw a towering golden giant, whose single slap killed all my brethren who had passed through, leaving not a trace. I was terrified…”

"Hoshino-kun, are you done translating?"

"Yes, the content is surprisingly little. The remaining content includes a dragon-slaying magic and a dragon language magic."

"Dragon Slayer Magic and Dragon Language Magic!"

"Does Levy want to learn?"

"Um, Hoshino-nii, could you tell me what kind of Dragon Slayer Magic it is?"

"The dragon-slaying magic of the Wisdom Dragon is a text-based magic, including the Wisdom Dragon's breath, the Wisdom Dragon's wing attacks, and the Wisdom Dragon's incantation words. Dragon language magic is a form of telepathy, allowing direct communication at the mental level."

"I want to learn!"

"Hey, I'll teach you how to practice this. But be prepared, Dragon Slayer Magic isn't so easy to learn."

"Ok!"

"The aura of the water god?"

Hinata Hoshino looked in a certain direction and suddenly felt an aura, a mixture of water element and divine energy. If he wasn't mistaken, it should be the power of the water god.

"Drizzle, drizzle, drizzle, Juvia is a rain woman, an unlikable rain woman, drizzle, drizzle..."

In the Kingdom of Fiore, a city near Magnolia was suddenly hit by an unprecedented downpour. Hinata Hoshino saw a little girl with blue hair, holding an umbrella, curled up in a tree hole in a park.

"System, copy."

[Congratulations, host! You have gained Water Element Affinity*9 and Fragmented Divine Essence of the Water God*2. Do you wish to fuse them?]

"Fusion."

Hinata Hoshino looked at the broken divine core of the Water God within his body. This aura was very interesting, similar to the structure of a Golden Core, yet quite different.

Hyuga Hoshino looked at Juvia in the tree hole with a sense of helplessness. Yet another one. Orochimaru's abduction syndrome was deeply rooted in him.

Reaching out his hand, Juvia looked at Hinata Hoshino, somewhat dazed, "This rain seems to be because of you."

"Yes, Juvia is a detestable rain woman who brings misfortune."

"It's okay. Some people say I'll have bad luck in my old age and grow a lot of red hair, but I'm used to it."

Juvia carefully took Hinata Hoshino's hand.

"Would you be willing to take me in, sir?"

"nature."