Fairy Tail: Capturing the Demon Mirajane at the Start

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"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 alright?

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 swirling in her eyes from falling.

"Ouch."

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

"Igor, you're still laughing?!"

Mirajane glared at Igor and complained.

"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 months in a flash, the improvement of Igor, Mirajane and others!

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

A 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 was putting distance between himself and Mirajane, Igor immediately switched from his 'Crusher Demon' form to his '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 of his 'crushing' attack is limited to the area that he can reach with both hands; beyond that range, he is completely powerless.

Therefore, during this 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 was far away from the enemy, he would turn into 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 doesn't want to suffer even the slightest loss!

"MOAB!!"

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

"Boom!!"

Mirajane had no time to dodge in the rush; to be precise, facing the enormous MOAB, Mirajane had no way to dodge at all.

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

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

Therefore, even though Mirajane was forced to withdraw from receiving the 'Demon Soul' due to a massive shock, 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 steadily on the arena.

"Mirajae, you've improved."

On the other side of the arena, Igor also withdrew from his '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's pace.

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 so.

In fact, Mirajane has now improved from the 'B-' level assessed by the Ig system to the 'B+' level in terms of both 'magic power' and 'receptivity to magic particles'. She is only three small stages away from the 'A+' level that Ig is currently at.

"Open the panel!"

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

【Ding. 】

Character Panel:

Name: Igor

Age: Sixteen

Affiliated Guilds: None

Magic: A+ (+)

Magic Particle: A+ (+)

Source of Magic: First Source of Magic

(There is one year left to reach the next level in terms of magic power and magic barrier particles. Battles can accelerate level progression.)

The demons of the current contract: the bomb demon, the crusher demon.

"The cultivation speed is still too slow."

Igor stared at his system panel and muttered to himself.

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

In the four months that followed, Igor more than doubled his training speed through tireless efforts.

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

But now, only four months have passed, and 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 undergo any training every day and relies solely on the passive effects of the "Extraction 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 at most six months.

The progress has been remarkably 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 Lisanna.”

Just as Igor was pondering this, accompanied by a whispered voice, Warold Sinken, who had been imprisoned for three months, finally broke free and stood before the world.

"Senior Warlord!"

Igor and the others watched as the creatures appeared, their movements swift and unsteady.

"Ah."

Warrod Sinken nodded slightly, then took out a grimoire that was forty centimeters thick and handed it to Igor.

"What is this?"

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

"In the past three months, I have been constantly traveling between the Magic Council ERA and the secluded hideouts 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."

As Warlord finished speaking, he 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-weight grimoire in his hand, the cover of which had no name on it, and his eye twitched slightly. He remarked, "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 gleaming with confidence.

"Ok."

Igor recalled Warlord'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.

"What is this?"

After calming himself down, Igor opened the grimoire in his hand. On the back page of the grimoire were three names, all of which Igor knew well: Warlord Sinken, Hyberion, and Ulfheim, three of the current Four Heavenly Kings of Ishgar.

However, it doesn't have the name 'God' Serena. Serena and Gildarts are in the same group, both relying on their talents for a living.

Chapter 22 Warlord: I'm really not good at fighting~

Besides the names of Warlord, Hyberion, and Ulfheim, a line of smaller text caught Iger's attention.

The small print reads that some of the references are taken from Prechter Gehlberg's "The Practical Theory of the Magic Particle".

"what."

"Old Pu, so it's Old Pu."

"Then there's no problem, then there's no problem..."

Igor had been wondering how Warlord and the others had managed to write the extraction method for 'magic barrier particles' since they had never encountered them before. Now he understood completely: the part about 'magic barrier particles' was written by Old Pu before.

【Ding dong! 】

[The "Advanced Method for Extracting Magic and Magical Barrier Particles" was detected. Is it included in the database?]

Just as Ig was thinking this, his omnipotent system began to work.

"Included".

Igor murmured to himself.

【Ding dong! 】

[Collection complete.]

Should we replace the original "Elementary Magic and Magic Particle Refining Method"?

The system continued to display a message.

"Yes."

Igor murmured to himself.

[Ding dong. 】