Fairy Tail: Starting with Fairy Queen Erza

"Go Erza! Your father is waiting for your triumphant return!"

Ian stood beside Ereshkigal and cheered for Erza as well.

"Although I really want to completely crush your arrogance here..."

"But Erza, there's something I must apologize for, and I need to make things clear to you first."

Laxus said, stepping out from under the shade of the tree and standing in front of Erza.

"what do you mean?"

Erza frowned slightly as she looked up at Laxus, who was a head taller than her, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes.

"You're asking us what this means?"

"Is there even a need to ask?"

Mirajane then walked up to Erza...

Her thoughts seemed to coincide with Laxus's, or perhaps the two had made some prior agreement...

In short, they simply walked around Erza and headed towards Ereshkigal, who was cheering Erza on from a distance.

"Compared to Erza, you..."

"We'd rather challenge the legendary dragon."

Speaking of which...

Laxus and Mirajane had already approached Ereshkigal. They bowed slightly to her as a sign of respect and earnestly inquired:

"Fairy Tail Guild, Thunder Dragon Slayer Laxus..."

"The Fairy Tail guild, Demon Soul, receives the mage Mirajane..."

"...I wish to challenge you, please allow me!"

As Laxus and Mirajane finished speaking, they looked up at Ereshkigal beside Ian, their eyes gleaming with boundless fighting spirit.

"Hey! You two little devils, that's enough!"

Before Ereshkigal could speak, Ian stepped in front of her, looking Laxus and Mirajane up and down with displeasure.

Of course, Ian wasn't afraid that Ereshkigal would be injured by Laxus and Mirajane's magic. With Ereshkigal's strength, even if she stood still, neither of them could break her defenses…

Ian's concern was that if Ereshkigal used her power rashly, it would attract the invincible 'Black Dragon King' Acnologia.

Didn't you see that Ian, even though he had regained the Dragon Slayer power he had lost from the rewards distributed by the simulator, hadn't used a single bit of it?!

It wasn't because Ian's dragon-slaying magic was too weak, or because he wasn't good at using it.

On the contrary, it was precisely because Ian's dragon-slaying magic was too powerful that he dared not use it...

As a human who experienced the true 'Dragon King Festival' four hundred years ago and fought alongside Irene on the front lines from beginning to end, how could Ian's dragon-slaying magic be weak?!

Ereshkigal's situation is similar to Ian's.

Besides, this is Sirius Island, which is known as the island of total annihilation!

There's still a good chance of attracting that person here...

Because they were too diligent four hundred years ago...

As a result, there is nothing for Acnologia, the 'Black Dragon King,' to do on the continent of Ishgar, so he can only wander around.

"Father, please rest assured."

"It won't attract Lord Acnologi."

Ereshkigal was naturally aware of Ian's worries...

Moreover, the continent of Ishgar is known as the Graveyard of Dragons, and that's no exaggeration; it's built upon the corpses of one giant dragon after another.

"Arei!"

Ian frowned. Laxus and Mirajane didn't understand the situation. It was one thing for them to be ignorant, but why was Ereshkigal causing trouble too?!

"Before my mother sent me to the continent of Ishgar, she gave me three magic arrays that could isolate my aura! Each array is about thirty square kilometers in size. I left one in Magnolia Town, and I plan to leave the other one here..."

Eresh looked at Ian and explained.

Selene was not idle during these four hundred years. In order to bypass Acnologia and enter the continent of Ishgar, she used the unique elimination magic of the world of Elentia to create a magic circle specifically for eliminating the aura of dragons.

Although it's not yet possible to completely eliminate the aura of a 'divine dragon', dragons below the 'divine dragon' level are not a big problem.

"That's good."

Upon hearing this, Ian slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as we don't attract Little Black, everything will be fine.

"Besides, I don't even need to use my dragon form to deal with these two little guys; human form is more than enough."

Seeing that Ian's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, had finally settled down, Ereshkigal stood on the high platform, looking down at Laxus and Mirajane on the ground, a hint of mockery flashing in her eyes.

The human form and the dragon form of the dragon are several levels apart in combat power.

It could even be said that they are not even in the same league in terms of combat strength...

Even so, Ereshkigal in human form possesses combat power comparable to the other Twelve Spears below the Twin Walls, far beyond what the young Laxus and Mirajane can currently contend with.

"What did I say before? I can deal with you in less than an hour!"

"Perhaps I didn't explain it clearly back then. Now I'll say it again: one strike is enough to deal with you all..."

As Eresh finished speaking, her body blurred into a blur, and before anyone except Ian and Gildarts could notice, she had already appeared behind Laxus and Mirajane. She whispered in Mirajane's ear, her breath sweet as orchids.

"Oops!"

Mirajane's expression changed instantly. She completed the full absorption of Deliora's soul and then elbowed Ereshkigal, who had 'twisted' behind her.

"Ding~"

Unfortunately, Mirajane's elbow strike was far less skillful than that man's, and it was easily blocked by Ereshkigal with one hand.

"I don't dislike even a grumpy little kitten~"

As she spoke, Ai Lei stuck out her pink tongue and gently licked the corner of her lips.

"The Thunder Dragon's Roar..."

At this moment, Laxus seemed to realize something. He took a deep breath, and a golden magic circle with a dragon's head appeared in front of him. Without saying a word, he naturally prepared to unleash a roar, which was the foundation of dragon-slaying magic.

"Too slow!"

Unfortunately, before Laxus could unleash his roar, a slender, fair hand blocked his view. As Laxus watched the hand grow closer and larger in his vision, his pupils trembled slightly.

"boom!"

A deafening explosion rang in everyone's ears.

All the people saw was Laxus's head being shoved into the earth by Ereshkigal's delicate hand, raising endless dust and dirt!

As for Laxus's charged roar, which he had prepared to attack Ereshkigal and injure her, it had now exploded from Laxus's mouth...

Yes, Ereshkigal perfectly fed the power of that roar back to Laxus himself.

You get to enjoy your own roar!

It was only then that Laxus realized that Roar could explode.

Wait for the smoke to clear.

"call……"

Laxus collapsed to the ground, his eyes rolled back, foaming at the mouth...

The "no harm in smoke" principle seems to fail here.

"You're next!"

Eresh turned around, like a cold and beautiful queen, and looked at Mirajane, whom she regarded as her prey.

"I surrender!"

Seeing Lacussus lying dead before she could even make a move, Mirajane deeply understood the gap between herself and Ereshkigal. Helpless, she raised her hands and gave Ereshkigal a French military salute.

"Good~"

Aileen smiled, seemingly pleased with Mirajane's self-awareness.

"The S-Class Archmage Exam is over! The winners are Uru and Erza..."

At the moment Mirajane surrendered, Makarov announced the end of this year's Fairy Tail S-Class Mage Exam.

"You won by doing nothing?"

Erza blinked her big eyes, looking puzzled.

So the exam is over?

The problem is, she hasn't even started yet!

On another note, should the victory of Irene be attributed to her as well?

"Let's finish this quickly!"

Makarov silently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead...

His original expectation was that Uru, Laxus, and Erza would emerge victorious, and it wouldn't matter which two of them had the last laugh.

As long as they don't demolish Tianlang Island, I just want it to end quickly.

"Ian, this is a rare opportunity, how about we have a fight?"

Just when Makarov thought he could go back to rest, Gildarts suddenly looked at Ian and asked.

"To be honest, I've always been very curious about the power you've been hiding."

Gildarts looked at Ian and spoke curiously.

"It's not impossible."

Ian scratched his cheek, a hint of fighting spirit flashing in his eyes.

"Fine! You won't rest until you've completely destroyed Sirius Island, is that it?"

At that moment, Makarov finally understood...