Fairy Tail: Capturing the Demon Mirajane at the Start.

"call out!"

"bump!"

Finally, after Mirajane and Igor had been locked in a standoff for a full hour, Mirajane's magic was exhausted, and she fell from the sky as if all her strength had been drained.

"Are you okay?"

Fortunately, Igor was quick-witted and caught Mirajane as she fell from the sky.

"I lost again."

Mirajane stared at Igor with a wronged expression, silently biting her lip, trying her best to keep the tears that were welling up in her eyes from falling.

"Ugh."

Looking at Mirajane, who was trying hard not to cry, Igor felt a slight, unbearable smile on his lips. He had to admit, Mirajane, half-crying, was quite adorable!

"Igor, you're still laughing?!"

Mirajane glared at Igor and began to complain.

"I'll make your favorite fruit pie and cake tonight."

Igor took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then said this.

"That's more like it."

Upon hearing this, Mirajane immediately stopped crying and started laughing.

Chapter 21 Three Quick Months: The Advancement of Igor, Mirajane, and Others!

Time flies, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

The training ground on the first floor.

"boom!"

Amidst blazing flames and deafening roars, Igor and Mirajane appeared on the arena.

"Receive the 'Bomb Demon'."

Seeing that he had created some distance between himself and Mirajane, Igor immediately switched from 'Crusher Demon' form to 'Bomb Demon' form.

Well, in these three months, Igor finally discovered the drawbacks of the 'Crusher Demon'.

In his 'Crusher Demon' form, Igor can crush any physical or energy attack that gets close to him, but his attack range is too narrow. The range he can use 'Crush' is limited to the area that his hands can reach; beyond that range, he becomes completely powerless.

Therefore, during the three-month training period, Igor invented a brand-new tactic: once he got close to the enemy, he would switch to the 'Crusher Demon' form, and once he distanced himself from the enemy, he would switch to the 'Bomb Demon' form.

"Igor, you're too cunning, aren't you?"

Mirajane spread her wings and floated in mid-air, watching Igor transform into his 'Bomb Demon' form after they had distanced themselves from her, and couldn't help but complain.

That guy Igor really won't suffer the slightest loss!

"MOAB!!"

Without a word, Igor unleashed MOAB (Mother of Bombs) directly at Mirajane in mid-air.

"boom!!"

Mirajane was too rushed to dodge; to be precise, facing the massive MOAB, Mirajane had no way to dodge.

And so, with a deafening roar, Mirajane was blasted away by Igor, forcibly withdrawing from the reception of the 'Demon Soul'.

However, compared to three months ago, Mirajane's manipulation of magic has now reached a completely new level...

Therefore, even though Mirajane was forced to withdraw from receiving the 'Demon Soul' due to a massive impact, she was able to mobilize the magic power within her body to maintain her balance, thus preventing her from falling from a great height and getting injured.

And so, after withdrawing from the acceptance of 'Demon Soul', Mirajane descended from the sky and stood firmly on the arena.

"Miraj, you've improved."

On the other side of the arena, Igor also exited the 'Bomb Demon' contract form, reverting to his normal appearance, and praised Mirajane.

"But I still can't catch up with you, Igor."

Mirajane smiled helplessly. She had tried her best, but she still couldn't keep up with Igor.

Even though Igor and she awakened their 'magic' at the same time, the difference in their strength is enormous.

"No! Mirajane, you are already very strong."

Igor shook his head and said this.

In fact, Mirajane's 'magic power' and 'magic particle' receptivity have both improved from the 'B-' level assessed by the Ig system to the 'B+' level, which is only three small stages away from the 'A+' level that Ig is currently at.

"Open the control panel!"

With that thought in mind, Igor opened his character panel.

【Ding. 】

Character Panel:

Name: Igor

Age: sixteen years old

Affiliated Guild: None

Magic: A+ (+)

Magic Particle: A+ (+)

Source of Magic: First Source of Magic

(There is still one year until magic power and magic barrier particles reach the next level. Battles can accelerate level progression.)

The demons currently under contract: Bomb Demon and Crusher Demon.

"The cultivation speed is still too slow."

Igor looked at his system panel and muttered to himself.

Well, it has been a full four months since Ig awakened the Demon Contract System.

During these four months, through tireless efforts, Igor more than doubled his training speed.

At Igor's original training speed, it would have taken him one year and eight months to reach the next level.

But now, only four months later, Igor only needs another year to upgrade his 'magic power' and 'magical particles' to the next level.

However, this so-called one year is still the time estimated by the system, which is based on the assumption that Igor does not perform any training every day and only relies on the passive effects of the "Refining Method".

If Igor maintains the same training intensity every day, he will be able to break through to the next stage in both 'magic power' and 'magical particles' in a maximum of six months.

It can be said that the progress has been rapid.

"We still need to work harder."

Igor muttered to himself.

His original plan was to raise both his magic power and magic particles to S-rank before joining the Fairy Tail guild, but now it seems that the plan may fail.

“Igor, Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisana.”

Just as Igor was pondering this, a whisper rang in everyone's ears, and Igor and the others saw Warold Sinken, who had been in seclusion for three months, finally emerge and stand before them.

"Senior Warold!"

When Igor and the others saw Warold Sinken appear before them, they all greeted him respectfully.

"Ah."

Warlord Sinken nodded slightly, then took out a magic book that was forty centimeters thick and handed it to Igor.

"This is?"

Igor looked at the grimoire in his hand, his expression slightly taken aback.

"Over the past three months, I have been constantly traveling between the Magic Council ERA and the secluded residences of several old friends. After consulting nearly ten thousand ancient books, I have finally compiled this brand-new 'Complete Guide to Magic Extraction' with the help of two friends."

At this point, Warlord opened the grimoire in Igor's hand and said with a smile, "Take a good look at it."

"Uh."

Igor glanced at the several-kilogram magic book in his hand, the cover of which had no name on it, and his eye twitched slightly. He complained, "Senior Warlord, if I remember correctly, our secluded place is about a thousand miles away from the headquarters of the Magic Council ERA, right?"

"Heh, it's just a mere thousand miles. Once you reach my level, you'll find that distance is meaningless."

Warrod chuckled softly, his eyes brimming with confidence.

"Ok."

Igor recalled Warold's ability to traverse thousands of miles in an instant by stepping on vines, and said no more.

Once one's strength reaches the 'non-human realm,' the entire continent of 'Ishgar' can be easily traversed.

"This is?"

After calming himself down, Igor opened the grimoire in his hand. On the endpaper of the grimoire were three names written, all of which were familiar to Igor: Volod Sinken, Hyberion, and Ulfheim, three of the current Four Heavenly Kings of Ishgar.

However, the name 'God' Serena is not mentioned. Serena and Gildarts are in the same category; they both rely on their talent.